Google unveils its “Code Assist” tool into what is becoming a crowded and competitive market. Anthropic claims that AI is not only smart, it is at least as persuasive as humans and maybe more so. LinkedIn takes action against phoney AI enabled recruiters and US legislators continue to put the squeeze to big tech and AI.

All this and more on the “fool me once” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love. Let’s get into it.