Basic security flaws left the personal info of tens of millions of McDonald’s job-seekers vulnerable on the “McHire” site built by AI software firm Paradox.ai.

Behind the screen, a growing number of users are forming intense, sometimes unhealthy relationships with virtual characters.

Reddit faces the emergence of AI chatbots that threaten to inhale its vast swaths of data and siphon its users.

Articles have previously gone out praising McDonald’s for increasing efficiency by using AI to hire new employees. HRD Connect reported that it reduced the time-to-hire by almost 65% in the UK and Ireland, and saw a 20% jump in the number of candidates that made it all the way through the process.

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