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Just as HR managers and hiring professionals are using artificial intelligence to screen job candidates, job candidates are using AI to make themselves more attractive to hiring managers — with sometimes alarming results.

Headlines report fake people being hired and AI-powered schemes that place spies into jobs where they can steal confidential information.

But the more realistic problem for recruiters may be the everyday use of AI that makes every candidate suddenly look like the exact person a hiring manager is looking for.

The AI vs. AI battle