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3 October 2026

Job seeker calls for ban on 'ghost' interviews that harvest data for AI

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Source reporting: rnz.co.nz

Job seeker calls for ban on 'ghost' interviews that harvest data for AI

Her experience with an AI interviewer has prompted Charlie Maclean to launch a petition to Parliament explicitly banning advertisements for jobs that do not exist.

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