HR & Recruiting — AI Reshapes Both Sides of the Hiring Equation as IBM's $17M DEI Settlement Signals New Compliance Risk and UKG Cuts 950 Jobs

HR & Recruiting · 2026-04-17

TODAY'S SIGNAL — AI is now the dominant force shaping HR strategy, but today's coverage reveals it is creating as many problems as it solves. Employers can't find workers with AI skills even as AI erodes the durability of existing competencies, candidates are gaming AI-driven hiring tools into producing homogeneous applicant pools, and experts are warning that incentivizing AI adoption with…