When Ashok, a caterer in Bengaluru, lost his job during the pandemic, he turned to a job search app—and ended up speaking to what sounded like a real recruiter. On the other end was ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/vahan” target=”_blank”>Vahan’s AI-powered assistant, built on ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/openai” target=”_blank”>OpenAI’s technology, which helped him land a gig with rel=”dofollow” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/swiggy-ltd/stocks/companyid-2232501.cms” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” target=”_blank”>Swiggy.Vahan, a Bengaluru-based startup, has partnered with OpenAI to deploy ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/gpt-4o” target=”_blank”>GPT-4o and GPT-4o-mini as part of its “AI recruiter,” which helps automate hiring in India’s informal workforce. The voice-based chatbot—operating over regular phone calls in Hindi and…
