OpenAI's ChatGPT is still making waves worldwide and surprising people with its exceptional capabilities
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Ever since its launch, people across the world have been using the bot for everything from assignments research to planning holidays
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Shoshana Davis, a Gen Z career expert told CNBC that youngsters have been making mistakes with AI tools to generate job application answers and cover letters
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She explained that "employers have been suspecting that job seekers have been using ChatGPT after "getting hundreds of the exact same cover letters word for word"
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A survey revealed 45% of job seekers have used AI to build, update or improve their resume
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Ms Davis said that while we should definitely "embrace technology and AI," copying answers from ChatGPT can hurt your chances of getting a job
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She also shared a recent incident with a recruiter hiring for a brand marketing position
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She said that the candidates were asked a question in the job application about their favourite fitness-related product launches in the past year
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"They said they got about 100 identical responses of 'my favourite campaign launch was Peloton' and the employer was like 'ultimately that was ChatGPT," Ms Davis said
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The career consultant added that young people "need to educate themselves" on how to use ChatGPT properly and not just copy