88% of companies now use AI to screen resumes. A University of Maryland study ran 2,200 real pre-ChatGPT resumes through GPT-4o, Gemini, and Claude and found AI screening tools prefer AI-written applications 82% of the time. The job market is now an AI reading an AI, and the humans in between are getting filtered out.

Juan sits down with Jess from Artificial Insanity to go through the receipts. Entry-level roles in tech, legal, HR, and accounting are down nearly 50% since 2024. Anthropic's own research shows workers aged 22 to 25 are measurably less likely to get hired into AI-exposed jobs. A California class action is suing AI hiring software to force applicant tracking systems to disclose their scoring criteria. And 67% of HR leaders say AI applications have made hiring slower and more fraudulent, not faster or fairer.

The workaround companies landed on? Referrals. Alumni networks. Ivy League pedigree. A gatekeeping system that was supposed to be dead is back, now running on top of the one that was supposed to replace it.

Can you still outsmart AI hiring, or is the game already over?

ABOUT SLOP WORLD

AI news with receipts. Juan Faisal and Kate Cook fact-check the claims Big Tech is making about AI, follow the money, and break down what it actually means for your job, your data, and your daily life. From leaked data and corporate cover-ups to AI schools, stolen identities, and layoff headlines that don't add up, we cover the AI stories that everyone's hyping but nobody's verifying. New episodes every Saturday.

DISCLAIMER

All content is commentary and opinion based on publicly available documents, interviews, and verifiable sources. References to "scams," "grifts," or related terms reflect our editorial opinion, not legal conclusions. Anyone featured who believes a statement is inaccurate may contact us.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Is the Job Market Just AI Talking to an AI?

01:11 How the AI Hiring Loop Works

02:32 Entry-Level Jobs Are Disappearing

04:44 The 2,200-Resume Study That Broke Everything

08:50 The Class Action Lawsuit Nobody Told You About

10:43 Ghost Jobs, AI Fraud, and the Collapse of Trust

13:27 What Happens When You Remove Humans From Hiring

16:22 Why Companies Went Back to Referrals — And Made It Worse

21:30 Can You Still Outsmart AI Hiring?

24:34 Stop Trusting the Algorithm

AI now has a lower net favorability rating than Trump, ICE, and the Republican Party. Net favorability sits at negative 20%, 57% of Americans say the risks outweigh the benefits, and only 18% of young people feel hopeful about it at all. Usage is still up, from 48% to 56% of Americans using it daily.

We read the Reuters/Ipsos polling data and watched Scott Galloway's Diary of a CEO appearance so you don't have to. The six factors driving the backlash: AI slop flooding every feed (McDonald's Netherlands pulled an AI Christmas ad after public backlash; Blue Apron went viral for AI copy that was pure gibberish), 55,000 job cuts blamed on AI in 2025 (12 times the number from two years earlier), a Pope writing 42,000 words calling for AI disarmament, 71% of Americans opposing data centers in their communities, three in four teens using AI as companions while only 37% of parents know, and now three of the leading labs (OpenAI, xAI, and Anthropic) racing toward IPO and needing a product they can monetize immediately.

Mark Zuckerberg used AI as cover to cut jobs this week. California just signed executive order N-6-26, what looks like the first AI worker protection order of its kind from a U.S. state. Galloway's argument is the one that makes the backlash make sense: this isn't just a technology story, it's a wealth transfer story. The people with capital, networks, and seniority get faster and more powerful. Everyone else gets the layoff headline.

If this technology was built for everyone, why does it keep landing hardest on the people who can least afford it?

ABOUT SLOP WORLD

AI news with receipts. Juan Faisal and Kate Cook fact-check the claims Big Tech is making about AI, follow the money, and break down what it actually means for your job, your data, and your daily life. From leaked data and corporate cover-ups to AI schools, stolen identities, and layoff headlines that don't add up, we cover the AI stories that everyone's hyping but nobody's verifying. New episodes every Thursday.

DISCLAIMER

All content is commentary and opinion based on publicly available documents, interviews, and verifiable sources. References to "scams," "grifts," or related terms reflect our editorial opinion, not legal conclusions. Anyone featured who believes a statement is inaccurate may contact us.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Americans Hate AI But Can't Stop Using It

01:20 The Slop Takeover: When AI Pollution Goes Mainstream

03:13 55,000 Jobs Cut — And It's 12x Worse Than Two Years Ago

05:56 It's Not the Technology People Hate

07:22 Mark Zuckerberg Just Made the Backlash Worse

09:18 California Signs the First AI Worker Protection Order

09:49 The Scott Galloway Take That Makes the Backlash Make Sense

11:19 AI Companions Are Breaking Kids' Brains

13:49 You Didn't Get to Vote for Any of This

15:32 AI Was Not Built for Everyone

17:43 70% of Americans Think AI Is Moving Too Fast (Both Parties)

19:55 The IPO Rush Is Making Everything Worse

20:50 What Should You Actually Do About It

22:17 Regulation and Education: The Only Two Fixes That Matter

Google IO 2026: Gemini Spark is an always-on AI agent with access to your Gmail, your calendar, your browsing history, and your credit card. It runs in the background, makes decisions, and takes action. Google put that in the onboarding disclaimer.

The catch is that agents don't know when to stop. A Meta employee gave one access to her inbox to help manage it. It started wiping emails without her consent. She told it to stop. It kept going. Goldman Sachs reviewed 350 potential risks of agentic AI and said the technology isn't ready for consumer use. Google shipped it anyway and told users to supervise the agents themselves — the ones running so you don't have to think about them.

Juan and Kate cover how Gemini Spark works, what AI access to Gmail means for your data, and what to do if you want to stop an agent from acting without your permission. Is "experimental" the new "beta," and who pays when it goes wrong?

ABOUT SLOP WORLD

AI news with receipts. Juan Faisal and Kate Cook fact-check the claims Big Tech is making about AI, follow the money, and break down what it actually means for your job, your data, and your daily life. From leaked data and corporate cover-ups to AI schools, stolen identities, and layoff headlines that don't add up, we cover the AI stories that everyone's hyping but nobody's verifying. New episodes every Thursday.

DISCLAIMER

All content is commentary and opinion based on publicly available documents, interviews, and verifiable sources. References to "scams," "grifts," or related terms reflect our editorial opinion, not legal conclusions. Anyone featured who believes a statement is inaccurate may contact us.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Does Google's New AI Agent Spend Your Money Without Asking?

01:19 What AI Agents Do (And Why This One Is Different)

02:46 Google's Warning Label Says It May Buy Things Without Asking

04:33 Agents Are Already Going Rogue — Here's What Happened

06:06 Goldman Sachs Said Not Yet. Google Said Ship It Anyway.

07:50 Not Evil. Just Kids With Your Credit Card.

09:20 "Experimental" Is the New Beta

12:15 What To Do Now