Researchers: AI tools for diverse recruitment are ‘pseudoscience’


AI-powered software used by a growing number of businesses to analyse candidates promises more diversity. Researchers are skeptical. — Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa

LONDON: Artificial intelligence used by recruitment platforms to help boost diversity in the workplace is discriminating against people over random changes in clothing or lighting, a new study has warned.

A growing number of businesses have turned to AI-powered software to sift through applications and analyse interviews of candidates with the aim of boosting diversity and finding better culture fits for employers.

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