Recruiters are using AI avatars to run interviews. Now candidates are sending avatars to attend them.
Job recruiters are meeting an uncanny new kind of candidate: the AI avatar. These digital humans mirror an applicant’s voice and likeness while being something else entirely, and they are turning up in first-round interviews. Lana Kersanava, a Sydney-based recruiter, told Semafor she has encountered them over the past six months. “At the beginning, it’s like […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
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