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Features

9 Minutes
Education and skills Features

What new civil service guidance on AI for job applicants tells us about shifts in recruitment 

Jim Dunton October 31, 2025
Civil Service Careers has set out red lines on how large language model-based assistance such as ChatGPT should be used by Whitehall jobseekers. PublicTechnology finds out more and gathers reaction.  New guidance has been published on acceptable – and unacceptable – ways artificial […]...
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Opinion

4 Minutes
Education and skills Opinion

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