AI company Eightfold sued for helping companies secretly score job seekers
Jan 21 (Reuters) - Eightfold AI, a venture capital-backed artificial intelligence hiring platform used by Microsoft, PayPal and many other Fortune 500 companies, is being sued in California for allegedly compiling reports used to screen job ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1575#7495)
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Published: 8 July 2026
Source: AI Incident Database
Category: Incidents
Topics: Jobs & economy · Finance, VC & PE
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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