Anthropic is a fast-rise Openai competitor, the company behind Claude, an AI assistant who cuts grunts, brainstorms, ideas and makes images and text. But just don’t ask it to apply in anthropomorphic work. Ironically, anthropomorphism is urging potential candidates to avoid using AI when applying for corporate positions. Humanity’s rule is called its “AI policy,” which seems to apply to its approximately 150 public roles.
“While we encourage people to use AI systems during roles to help them work faster and more efficiently, please do not use AI assistants during the application process,” the company’s policy said. “We want to understand you about humans through AI systems.” Human personal interests, we also want to evaluate your non-AI-assisted communication skills. If you have read and agree, please indicate “yes”.”
According to archived copies of the company’s previous posts, the policy has been included in numerous public roles. This is mentioned in the work descriptions of research, communications, finance and even security, as well as roles in cities such as San Francisco, New York City, Seattle, London, Dublin and Zurich.
“We hope to be able to assess people’s real interest and motivation in many human work,” the company said in a statement to observers. “By asking candidates not to use AI to answer key questions, we are looking for the importance of candidates and Its unique answer signal, why do they work here.”
The policy applies specifically to questions asking candidates for application: “Why are you working in personification?” The company notes that responses to this section usually range from 200 to 400 words and are “highly valued.”
Anthropic’s Claude and other AI tools such as Openai’s Chatgpt are widely used in job applications. More than half of the recent survey of more than 3,000 job seekers said they used artificial intelligence tools to help search for open-ended positions, Polish resumes and even write cover letters, according to a Capterra report. Among those who use AI in their job search, 83% said they used it to exaggerate or lie during the application process.
Anthropomorphism is not the only company trying to combat AI using AI in job search. According to a survey by resume geniuses, about 53% of hiring managers say accepting AI-generated content will allow them to book applicants, while 20% say it can prevent them from hiring candidates.
Founded by former Openai executive Dario Amodei, anthropomorphism is a rising star in the Silicon Valley, raising more than $10 billion in funding from tech giants such as Amazon (AMZN) and Google (GOOGL). It is reportedly a talk to raise $2 billion in a new funding round that puts the four-year-old startup seriously at $60 billion.
