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11 November 2024; A general view of Centre Stage during the opening night of Web Summit 2024 at the MEO Arena in Lisbon, Portugal.

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Behind viral social clips of applicants using AI to cheat virtual interviews lies a threat to corporate security: synthetic candidates infiltrating core enterprise systems. As generative video, real-time voice cloning and AI-inflated profiles proliferate, traditional candidate verification is failing. In this session we examine the mechanics of the fake candidate epidemic. In this session we explore how to shut down synthetic fraud before it reaches the payroll.

Are job interviews real anymore?

AI models are becoming more powerful at a breathtaking pace. So why aren't businesses seeing the transformation they were promised? Glean CEO Arvind Jain challenges the industry's obsession with model intelligence alone, examines what AI companies are getting wrong about context, and explores what it will actually take to turn AI's extraordinary capabilities into real-world impact.

The AI paradox: Smarter models, disappointing results

105 of the most promising startups will battle it out in the group rounds of PITCH. In this round, seven of them will fight for a chance to move onto the semi-final. Competing startups will have three minutes to pitch, followed by a three-minute Q&A with our judging panel.

PITCH group round 4

History is full of genuine conspiracies. Powerful elites conspiring to advance their own self interest. It is also full of people connecting unrelated events into elaborate stories that collapse under scrutiny; the impetus to see the ‘hidden hand’ everywhere. Our expert "After Hours" panel discusses why conspiracy theories are so seductive, how real conspiracies have actually worked in practice, and whether our obsession with hidden plots tell us more about ourselves than about the world, or vice versa.

After Hours: Conspiracy theories - Is the truth out there?

The engineering queue used to gatekeep what got built. Now, the person closest to the problem can build the solution for it: employees inside nearly two-thirds of the Fortune 500 already do. When software stops being a specialist job, that changes how companies build, staff, and ship. Anton Osika, Lovable's co-founder and CEO, will talk about what this transformation already looks like inside real companies, and what it takes to keep software secure when anyone can ship it.

The future of enterprise software has no middleman

In 2022, Jasper was one of the biggest names in AI. Six weeks after it became a unicorn, ChatGPT made its core offering free overnight. Very few companies survive that. Jasper did, first as a platform, and then as an applied AI company that embeds engineers and marketers inside enterprise teams. Join Jasper CEO Timothy Young will talk about what enterprise AI transformation really takes and why selling software alone is no longer enough.

The model was never the product

The 9-to-5 office job is already a relic. Meet the future-of-work leaders, HR innovators, and remote-first founders redesigning it at Web Summit. Join us!

🔮 Rethinking work meetup with Native Teams

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