This startup added a new job app requirement for interns: handwritten cover letters

Dumb.co, a startup that makes customized flip phones, said it was inundated with AI slop. Then it required that cover letters be handwritten.iStock; Tyler Le/BIDumb.co, a startup that makes modified "dumb" phones, said it was sick of AI slop in job apps.The company started requiring handwritten cover letters for its internship applications."It felt like someone actually was looking through what I had to say," said one candidate, who got hired.Even the companies promoting analog lifestyles are be