August 9, 2026

Recruiters are using AI avatars to run interviews. Now candidates are sending avatars to attend them.

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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...