As if it's not hard enough to get a job or to find good employees, there's a new twist in the job market -- artificial intelligence-created job applicants.
Yes, people using AI to generate their resumes, and their photos and cover letters to be submitted to hiring managers and HR teams. Then, if they get a bite from an employer, these applicants are sometimes generating an animated face and voice for the Zoom interview, faces and voices that look so real it's sometimes hard to tell it's a deepfake.
Best-selling author and cyber expert Paul Peters says there are ways for companies to get past these new cyberpunks because dealing with them can be a huge waste of time in processing job applications, and they reduce the chances of real, qualified job applicants getting seen and getting jobs.
First, he says when it's time to interview an applicant who looks too good to be true, a business should have at least two people present at the Zoom interview because two or more sets of eyes are more likely to spot inconsistencies and odd things that might tip them off that they're seeing an AI-generated image or sound.
"And we also record those interviews because sometimes you're going to see some fluctuations with the voice, and the facial expressions that would typically be associated with AI," Peters says.
Second, he recommends bringing an IT person along for such an interview, since they're likely more adept at spotting AI and its effects.
"I would encourage all companies, if they don't have an IT person that's really up to speed on the AI technology to upgrade their IT team as soon as possible."
And another reason for that: AI-related cybercrimes are up all across the board, so there's an increasing need for security that can recognize AI up front.
"I would definitely recommend biometric identification, authentication, access, controls, things like that -- that companies can do on the front end to make things safer all around,"