AI-generated fake design portfolio sparks 'recruiting is dead' warning

Designer Marco van Hylckama Vlieg used Google Astra to generate a fully fabricated senior UX designer portfolio, complete with fake project metrics, and deployed it on Vercel. Impressed by its startling quality, he warned that 'recruiting is dead.'

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