AI company Eightfold sued for helping companies secretly score job seekers
Yahoo Finance·2026-01-21 18:15
By Jody Godoy 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 applicants without their knowledge. The lawsuit filed on Tuesday is the first in the U.S. to accuse an AI hiring company of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act, according to the law firms that filed the case, and shows how consumer advocates are s ...