New recruiting services based on deep learning, such as Eightfold.ai, can help employers find diverse candidates who may not necessarily fit traditional backgrounds—for example, for a data scientist position, it can flag candidates who have never held a data science role, but who have transferable skills like math and computer science. (New York Times)

Talking point: The software can help employers quickly find unconventional candidates, and is an improvement from previous iterations that used keywords to filter applicants—a flawed system that was easily gamed. There are concerns that this could also lead to depressed wages—for example, in positions that would usually require a master’s degree, but could be filled by less credentialed candidates. However, this presumes that deep-learning tech will eventually be commonplace in the recruiting and human resources sector; currently, only a small number of companies use them, and even fewer feel prepared to exploit them.