Real Versus Robot: How To Make Sure You've Hired A Human

My colleagues recently wrote about the problems AI deepfakes pose in the workplace and some current legislation addressing the risks that AI poses through exploitative images on social media and in the workplace. It is getting harder to distinguish between real and AI and this spells trouble for employers and employees. Trust is important for healthy employment relationships and AI is making trust-building in our digital world increasingly difficult.

The media is rife with examples of AI run amok, from influencing politics to faux celebrity postings. But what has received less notice are actual instances of employer bot-hiring in our virtual world. The flip side of this problem is the growing incidence of scam job postings that trick candidates into sharing personal details that are harvested for malicious purposes. Clearly, bad actors have leveraged AI to their criminal benefit and, as a result, it might be time for employers to revisit their hiring process to make