AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants

It may be faster to filter candidates using AI tools, but as BBC News reports, it may not give great results:

In some cases, biased selection criteria is clear – like ageism or sexism – but in others, it is opaque. In her research, Schellmann applied to a call centre job, to be screened by AI. Then, she logged in from the employer’s side. She’d received a high rating in the interview, despite speaking nonsense German when she was supposed to be speaking English, but received a poor rating for her actual relevant credentials on her LinkedIn profile. 

Can we someday expect AI tools that are unbiased – or will they always amplify our biases?

Read the article here.

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