GPT-4 would like to add you to its professional network on LinkedIn.

The Microsoft-owned networking platform is adding new AI-powered tools to help recruiters more easily surface job candidates as LinkedIn continues to take advantage of the generative AI resources of its tech giant parent.

After introducing AI-assisted messages for recruiters in May, LinkedIn will now let head hunters simply type in natural language describing the type of candidate they are looking for, allowing the company to combine profile insights with generative AI to cast a wide net.

LinkedIn’s VP of product engineering, Erran Berger, told Tech Brew that the tools are designed to help recruiters expand the list of potential candidates by opening up a conversational format between the AI and the human, wherein the system can make suggestions based on insights and criteria the user mentions.

“Our goal with all this stuff is actually—and I think you see it in the product—is to have recruiters focus on the things that they can do best that that generative AI can’t do, which is actually really internalizing what the company needs, what the culture is, and getting on the phone with a candidate and and making sure that they’re a fit,” Berger said.

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Sam Bankman-Fried, the former crypto darling often called SBF, headed to court this week for one of the biggest business trials in recent memory. Prosecutors will spend the next six weeks attempting to prove that SBF criminally swindled customers out of $8.7 billion.

But he didn’t commit this massive alleged fraud alone. Here’s a rundown of the big names you’ll likely hear during the trial and their connections to the FTX meltdown. Let’s start with the housemates.

Ten people lived in a multimillion-dollar penthouse owned by FTX in the Bahamas when the crypto firm imploded. Four of them will be main characters in the trial:

Sam Bankman-Fried: He’s 31. He went to MIT. SBF was the co-founder and CEO of now-failed crypto exchange FTX and co-founder of the small crypto trading firm Almeda Research. At 29 (before everything went down), he was one of the youngest billionaires in the world and was eager to give interviews, even after FTX’s collapse and his arrest. He pleaded not guilty to all counts brought against him and faces potentially 100+ years in prison if convicted of all charges.

Caroline Ellison: She is the former CEO of Alameda Research and SBF’s on-and-off-again situationship, but Ellison’s involvement in one of the largest financial trainwrecks in history is perhaps the least interesting thing about her. She referred to the Bahamas house crew as a polycule, or a group of people all dating each other.

SBF’s and Ellison’s chances of getting back together after this are seemingly thin; SBF leaked her diaries to the New York Times. Ellison pleaded guilty to seven criminal charges and is expected to testify against SBF.

Keep reading on Morning Brew.—MM

Conventional wisdom says you can’t wear white after Labor Day, but many employees across corporate America can also no longer wear pajama bottoms to meetings, as companies position the end of summer as the RTO reset.

At Microsoft, the HR team wants working in the office to be purposeful. It recently released people-analytics informed guidance to managers and leaders suggesting employees show up for “moments that matter.”

“We started this research many months ago…to really understand when in-person matters,” said Dawn Klinghoffer, Microsoft’s VP of HR business insights. “When is it important for us to come together in-person to build the relationships that we need, and when is it important for us to be working together in the same location?”

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