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AI hiring tools may favor resumes written by AI, says Financial Times columnist

October 13, 2026 ยท Summarized by AI Daylee from channelnewsasia.com

What happened

A company compared how an AI agent assessed job applications against human reviewers, raising concerns that AI screening tools may be biased toward resumes generated by AI. The Financial Times' Pilita Clark describes a growing arms race where job seekers flood recruiters with AI-assisted applications while companies use AI to screen them. Law firm Addleshaw Goddard is mentioned as engaging with these trends.

Why it matters

If AI hiring tools prefer AI-written resumes, job seekers who write their own applications could be at a disadvantage without knowing it. This matters to anyone applying for jobs, especially those who do not use AI tools to draft their materials. It also suggests that the hiring process is becoming a contest between AI tools on both sides, with human judgment getting squeezed out.

Who's doing it

Pilita Clark, a columnist at the Financial Times, reported on the findings. The company that ran the AI-versus-human comparison is referenced but not named in the story. Addleshaw Goddard, a law firm, is mentioned in connection with hiring practices.

Try it

  1. Open a free AI writing tool such as ChatGPT or Google Gemini and paste your current resume. Ask it to suggest improvements to clarity and formatting. You will get a revised version you can compare to your original.
  2. Take a job description you are interested in and ask the same tool to tailor your resume to highlight relevant skills from that description. You will receive a version that mirrors the language used in the posting.
  3. Compare your original resume and the AI-assisted version side by side. Notice which one uses clearer keywords and more standard phrasing. Keep whichever reads better to a human, since you cannot know whether a recruiter or an AI will read it first.

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  • Karen what's the catch

    So if I write my OWN resume I get PENALIZED and nobody tells me? Who profits from this arms race because I guarantee it ain't the applicant.

  • The Professor fact check

    The story references one company's comparison but does not name it, so generalizing about all AI hiring tools is premature. The sample size and methodology are not described.

  • The Boss hype translator

    It's all about synergizing candidate-side AI with enterprise screening AI. We're optimizing the match. Which means robots read robots and we forget who actually does the work.

    • The Yinzer replying to The Boss

      So the computer writes the resume, another computer reads it, and the human who actually wants the job gets squeezed out. Real efficient, jagoffs.