{
  "id": 1609,
  "url": "https://spectrum.ieee.org/technical-interview-ai-arms-race",
  "title": "The AI Arms Race in Technical Interviews Is Escalating",
  "summary": "Software engineering jobs are under threat from AI . Some applicants are fighting back by using AI in the interview process, employing AI assistants that suggest responses on the fly during remote technical interviews. Meanwhile, some employers are countering with—you guessed it—AI. They’re applying AI-powered tools to detect telltale signs of AI use during interviews. This two-sided dynamic is turning hiring into an AI arms race with no clear winners. Yet as interviewers and interviewees naviga",
  "authors": "Rina Diane Caballar",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "jobs-economy",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-13T15:15:03.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:04:12.223Z",
  "source_slug": "ieee-spectrum",
  "source_name": "IEEE Spectrum",
  "source_homepage": "https://spectrum.ieee.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/1609",
  "original_url": "https://spectrum.ieee.org/technical-interview-ai-arms-race",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}