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The episode discusses Texas's legal action against ghost job postings and the implications of AI monitoring in the workforce.

Pete and Peter open with a story job seekers have been waiting years for: the Texas Attorney General is going after LinkedIn over ghost job postings, subpoenas included. Estimates put fake job postings at 20% to 33% of what's out there, and Texas now joins New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Kentucky, and California in taking legal aim at the practice. They also dig into an overlooked wrinkle: the federal government itself requires companies sponsoring H-1B visas to post jobs publicly even wh...

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