AI hiring software screens millions of applicants, but new evidence shows racial bias can hide job by job
Tech Xplore - Technology and Engineering news [Unofficial]
June 29, 2026
About 90% of employers use AI to some extent in hiring, yet research on how this is impacting job seekers is virtually nonexistent. In one of the first studies to analyze AI hiring tools, Stanford researchers have discovered that for many job applications, the algorithms were making racially biased decisions.
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