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Week 35 · 2026

August 24 – August 30

52 events

Importance: monitoring Productivity 1 source

AI resume generators are flooding recruitment with applications, recruiters want to deliberately make the process harder

Companies such as Vendr and Greenhouse report that AI resume generators and automated application tools have increased the number of job applications from dozens to thousands a day. Some applications are fake or AI-generated, so recruiters now want to bring deliberate obstacles back into the process.

Importance: monitoring Regulation and law 1 source

Colombia proposes an AI law modelled on the EU AI Act; commentary criticises insufficient adaptation to local conditions

The Colombian parliament is considering bill 025/2026, which copies the risk-based model of the EU AI Act. According to a commentary published by Tech Policy Press, the law does not account for the weaker institutional and economic capacity of the country and could burden domestic companies while leaving foreign AI developers unrestricted.

Importance: monitoring Tools and apps 1 source

Startup Auris One is developing AI for automatic transcription of medical reports from conversations in the consulting room

Startup Auris One (co-founded by former CEO of Avast Ondřej Vlček) is developing AI that automatically generates medical documentation from conversations in the consulting room. According to the company, it now covers ten specialties and thousands of reports a week, and is preparing to expand into Slovakia.

Importance: important OpenAI Tools and apps update ✓ 2

ChatGPT Work: OpenAI clarified the Cloud and Local versions and internet access

New analyses describe ChatGPT Work, an agentic tool from OpenAI released on 9 July 2025 at $20/month: it comes in Cloud (web) and Local (desktop app, formerly Codex) versions, with code execution in Work Cloud having internet access, unlike regular chat.

New: ChatGPT Work exists in two versions: Cloud (web-based through chatgpt.com) and Local (desktop app, formerly Codex); Code execution in Work Cloud has internet access, while Chat does not have this capability; Exact release date: 9 July 2025; The Local version is a redesigned Codex app for nontechnical users; Offers Sol/Luna/Terra models with reasoning levels from Light to Ultra; separate token limits for Work vs Chat