Incident #344·AI Safety & Failures
Hiring Algorithms Provided Invalid Positive Results for Interview Responses in German
Explainability
Description
Two AI interview softwares provided positive but invalid results such as "competent" English proficiency and high match percentage for interview responses given in German by reporters.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- myinterview
- curious-thing
Alleged Developers
- myinterview
- curious-thing
Harmed Parties
- job-candidates-using-myinterview
- job-candidates-using-curious-thing
- employers-using-myinterview
- employers-using-curious-thing
Classification
Risk Domain
AI Safety & FailuresRisk Subdomain
7.3. Lack of capability or robustness
MIT Risk Profile
AIUnintentionalPost-deployment
Topics
Explainability
Source
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