Few topics in the recruitment sector have proved to be more controversial than the use of artificial intelligence (AI). On one hand, everywhere you turn there are endless statistics about how AI is infiltrating business processes. According to LinkedIn, an overwhelming majority of recruiters and hiring managers agree that AI accelerates their ability to source and screen candidates. What's more, 70 per cent of recruiters believe their current process would be more effective if it were more data-driven and used AI. However, on the other side of the fence, research commissioned by the Royal Society of Arts suggests candidates don't agree, with 60 per cent of the public stating they're opposed to the use of automated decision-making in recruitment.