A year ago, "candidates using AI" wasn't on the list of UK recruiter challenges. In Eploy’s 2026 UK Candidate Attraction report, 28% now flag it as a top concern. Assessing genuine candidate capability, rather than AI-assisted presentation, is becoming a core recruiter skill.

In this 20-minute session, Charlotte Clarke (Eploy) and Greg Dunbar (Hubert) discuss what the rise in AI-written applications looks like in practice, why "using AI to detect AI" can miss the point and what capability assessment looks like when the CV stops being a reliable signal. They’ll also share how teams are responding to it.

Takeaways

• A new challenge in the top-five list. Why it's risen so fast, and which sectors are hit hardest.
• The wrong question. Why “how do we detect AI?” leads recruiters astray.
• The right question. What it means to assess what AI can't fake.
• Workflow shift. Where capability actually shows up – and how to measure it.

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