Job Screening Service Halts Facial Analysis of Applicants

November 6, 2019

In January 2021, HireVue decided to discontinue the use of its AI expression tracking tool from its virtual job interview software. This move was a response to growing concerns over the potential bias and privacy violations associated with such technology.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.644, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
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Alleged deployer: hirevue
Alleged developer: hirevue
Alleged harmed parties: job-applicants-using-hirevue, hirevue-customers

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