Our manifesto

Ethical AI in Hiring: this is important stuff, get it right for your team.

What "AI-done-wrong" looks like

Perpetuates bias at scale
Perpetuates falsehoods
Lacks privacy protections
Displaces rather than augments


Talent is your most valuable, finite resource, and a key to sustainable success.

Misguided use of AI overlooks the importance of transparency, fairness, and trust. At Humanly, we approach talent acquisition with first principles in ethical AI—ensuring every decision respects individual rights, is free from bias, and amplifies human potential rather than replacing it.

Humanly's ongoing collaboration with Fairnow has helped establish new benchmarks for responsible AI usage in recruitment. In the words of Humanly CEO and Co-Founder Prem Kumar "with Fairnow's help, we have been able to show, not just tell, our commitment to best-in-class ethical AI practices for our customers, users, and community." Read more about our collaboration.

Opportunities for Talent Acquisition Teams to Leverage AI

74%
TA teams see AI for repetitive tasks as biggest opportunity
67%
TA teams see AI for sourcing as biggest opportunity
59%
TA teams see AI for engagement as biggest opportunity
According to a Deloitte survey of Talent Acquisition experts on what they see as the biggest opportunities for AI in recruiting.

Talent Acquisition teams often face the challenge of balancing a great applicant experience with the need for scalability.

There's a growing acceptance that AI can support quality engagements throughout the hiring process by (1) reducing administrative tasks for recruiters and candidates, (2) enhancing the quality of interactions even in shorter hiring cycles, and (3) providing actionable insights to identify what works and what doesn’t in the pipeline. This allows teams to maintain a high-quality experience while pursuing ambitious hiring goals.

What "AI-done-right" looks like

Augments low performers to increase org efficiency
Raises quality of outputs in tasks humans aren't good at anyway
Aids in human learning through rapid insight generation
Minimizes risk with explainability and guardrails


AI-the-right-way
fades into the background once implemented, extending human potential and doing tasks that humans don’t want to do in the first place, better. Conversational AI with guard rails, explainability, and grounding in facts builds human connections, promotes clarity, and minimizes risk.

Humanly believes responsible AI use within hiring can be both equitable as well as efficient, helping HR, hiring teams, and candidates to live up to their potential using conversational AI.

Our ethical AI journey

Humanly builds our products using Microsoft's responsible AI Framework which prioritizes individual rights, privacy, non-discrimination, and non-manipulation.

Humanly's ongoing collaboration with Fairnow has helped establish new benchmarks for responsible AI usage in recruitment. In the words of Humanly CEO and Co-Founder Prem Kumar "with Fairnow's help, we have been able to show, not just tell, our commitment to best-in-class ethical AI practices for our customers, users, and community." Read more about our collaboration here.

Part of New York University, the AI Now Institute produces interdisciplinary research to “measure and understand the effects of AI in society; work with those directly impacted by the use of AI to shape standards and practices that mitigate harm and inform just AI deployment; and help shape a rigorous and inclusive field focused on these issues.”

Humanly CEO Prem Kumar stays involved with the AINow community through commitments like guest lecturing at NYU on AI use in HR settings.

Data & Society, a non-profit research organization, is committed to the notion that “empirical evidence should directly inform the development and governance of new technology.”

Humanly actively incorporates Data & Society's findings and recommendations into our product design.

We've been named one of the top 260 responsible AI enablement companies by the Ethical AI Database, a research organization that works extensively with EAIGG and BGV to monitor the space. Read more in their bi-annual report.

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