Detection maturity
Where TA stands today
Most TA teams do not have a real detection process yet.
Only 13% of TA leaders have a formal fraud detection process in place.
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Hiring in the Era of AI
June 2026 Report
Only 13% of TA leaders have a formal fraud detection process in place.
The other 87% are working from instinct.
The Harvard Club, New York · June 30, 2026
Senior TA and HR leaders
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Pipeline encounters & ownership
Where AI has shown up,
and who owns it
The interview is now the frontline. Not the resume.
Live AI in the interview has overtaken AI-written resumes as the most common encounter.
Every respondent had seen at least one form of it.
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Confidence, barriers, and what's next
The gap between what leaders fear
and what they can catch
Concern about wrongly rejecting real candidates is higher than confidence in catching fakes.
A half-point gap, in the wrong direction.
No reliable way to detect it leads at 47%. None of the 15 named budget.
This is not a resourcing problem. Teams are waiting for a way to know, not for approval.
Where this goes next
The problem is here
87% have seen live AI in interviews
Deepfakes and identity spoofing are rarer, but not zero.
The response is not
Only 13% have a formal process.
Security is absent from 79% of organizations.
The opportunity
Shared ownership, trusted detection
Closing the gap between HR, TA, and security.
These findings are not a verdict. They are a starting point.