Episode

Inside Amazon’s brutal app-ification of HR

Podcast
Most Innovative Companies
Published
Jul 17, 2026
Duration seconds
4371
Processing state
not_requested
Canonical source
https://traffic.megaphone.fm/MANV4427846017.mp3
Audio
https://traffic.megaphone.fm/MANV4427846017.mp3
JSON
/v1/public/podcasts/most-innovative-companies-4108160/episodes/inside-amazon-s-brutal-app-ification-of-hr
Markdown
/podcast/most-innovative-companies-4108160/inside-amazon-s-brutal-app-ification-of-hr.md

Actions

  • POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/most-innovative-companies-4108160/episodes/inside-amazon-s-brutal-app-ification-of-hr/transcription-requests
    Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
  • GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/most-innovative-companies-4108160/inside-amazon-s-brutal-app-ification-of-hr.md
    Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

On today’s episode, cohosts Yasmin Gagne and Josh Christensen talk to Fast Company contributor John Pavlus about how the godmother of AI, Fei-Fei Li, is building world models — AI that many hope will replace LLMs. Then, Yaz talks to Fast Company staff writer Pavithra Mohan about her deep dive into how actual humans in the human resources department are disappearing and being replaced by apps and AI. To read John’s reporting, go to: fastcompany.com/91549046/fei-fei-li-world-labs-ai-gets-physical-models-spatial-intelligence  To read Pavithra’s deep dive, go to: fastcompany.com/91565321/amazon-is-taking-human-out-of-hr-ai-chatbot-app-aza  For more of the latest business and innovation news, go to fastcompany.com/news