EU AI Act Q&A

Can I use AI for hiring?

You can use ordinary writing tools to draft a job ad. Tools that analyse, filter or score candidates sit on the high-risk list in Annex III, with extra duties on a later timetable. Emotion recognition at work is in the banned list now — do not use it on applicants or staff.

Answered 17 Sep 2026 · reviewed 17 Sep 2026 · applies to businesses using AI in the EU

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You can use ordinary writing tools to draft a job ad. Tools that analyse, filter or score candidates sit on the high-risk list in Annex III, with extra duties on a later timetable (2 December 2027 after the Digital Omnibus). That delay is extra time, not a free-for-all.

Emotion recognition at work is in the banned list now — do not use it on applicants or staff. Drafting a vacancy in ChatGPT and then reading CVs yourself is not the same as an AI that filters or ranks applicants.

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What the law actually says

"AI systems intended to be used for recruitment or selection of natural persons, notably to place targeted job advertisements, to analyse and filter job applications, and to evaluate candidates;"
— EU AI Act, Annex III, point 4(a) (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) · eur-lex.europa.eu

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