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Eightfold AI Hiring Tools Allegedly Secretly Scored Job Applicants for Employers
- Occurred
- Jan 20, 2026
- Published
- Jan 21, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Two California job applicants reportedly filed a proposed class action alleging that Eightfold AI's hiring platform secretly gathered personal data, generated candidate reports, and scored applicants for employers without required notice or dispute rights. The complaint says Eightfold's Evaluation Tools ranked applications submitted to companies including PayPal and Microsoft; both named plaintiffs alleged they were evaluated and rejected or not advanced.
Developers
- Eightfold AI
- Algorithmic employment screening system developers
Deployers
- PayPal
- Microsoft
- Employers using algorithmic employment screening systems
- Eightfold AI
Harmed parties
- Sruti Bhaumik
- Job applicants
- Erin Kistler
Tags
- response
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: Class action lawsuit alleges unauthorized data collection and scoring without notice or dispute rights.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8