Over 120 technologists, HR and TA execs and job board leaders convened for the first-ever TAtech Leadership Summit on AI & Machine Learning in Talent Acquisition last week in Scottsdale. The event was sponsored by Paradox.ai. The conference had three goals: • To cut through the hype and discuss what's real and what's not in artificial intelligence and machine learning technology; • To showcase some of the leading products on the market today that use the technology for talent acquisition; and • To explore some of the issues that could arise from the application of the technology in talent acquisition and the workplace at large. So, just what is artificial intelligence? Some in our industry have proposed academic definitions that are so esoteric they make no practical sense whatsoever.