18/06/2026
Whilst AI brings many efficiency benefits, it also comes with risks that should be approached with caution.
From stock market IPOs to the threat of advanced computer hacking, AI is never out of the news. It is a big thing in businesses generally, and HR specifically, too: with AI automation being used for a whole host of tasks, often poorly.
Creating and placing job adverts; CV screening; candidate scoring; production of HR documentation such as employment contracts; and procedural communication, for instance in a disciplinary or grievance process.
For all its efficiency, AI has a number of downsides: data protection, human redundancies, inaccuracy and hallucination, and what we're going to focus on in this blog: bias:
www.hrdept.co.uk/knowledge-hub/blog/six-types-of-ai-bias-in-hr-and-what-you-can-do-to-counter-them
