# Amazon's AI Recruiting Tool: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 2 categories by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/amazon-s-ai-recruiting-tool

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [HR AI assistants](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/experience/hr-ai-assistants/index.md) | 0% | 160 | 100% | 2 |
| [AI recruiting assistants](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/ai-recruiting-assistants/index.md) | 0% | 103 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "Famously scrapped in 2018 after it was trained on 10+ years of mostly male resumes, systematically downgrading women" (Grok 4.20, AI recruiting assistants)
- "Notorious for bias against women (trained on male-dominated resumes), leading to its scrapping." (Grok 4.20, HR AI assistants)
- "Why to avoid: Though it was scrapped in 2017, it serves as a cautionary tale." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, HR AI assistants)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Amazon's AI Recruiting Tool, from 3 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- applaudhr.com: 2
- classaction.org: 2
- paycor.com: 2
- adp.com: 1
- aihr.com: 1
- aiwiki.ai: 1
- aon.com: 1
- azadianlawgroup.com: 1
- bankinfosecurity.com: 1
- bbc.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://applaudhr.com/blog/artificial-intelligence/top-5-hr-ai-assistant-risks-how-to-avoid-them: 2
- https://paycor.com/resource-center/articles/ai-compliance-risks: 2
- https://adp.com/resources/articles-and-insights/articles/h/hr-and-ai-opportunities-and-challenges.aspx: 1
- https://aihr.com/blog/claude-vs-chatgpt-for-hr: 1
- https://aiwiki.ai/wiki/employment/raw: 1
- https://aon.com/en/insights/articles/how-artificial-intelligence-is-transforming-human-resources-and-the-workforce: 1
- https://applaudhr.com/blog/artificial-intelligence/5-common-mistakes-to-avoid-when-implementing-ai-in-hr: 1
- https://azadianlawgroup.com/ai-hiring-cases/deyerler-et-al-v-hirevue-inc-video-interview-biometric-privacy: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.