arms race
noun
: a race between hostile nations to accumulate or develop weapons
broadly
: an ever escalating race or competition
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An arms race is under way, as HR staff use chat or video interviews — themselves sometimes conducted by AI — to avoid the fake resumé sludge.
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 24 June 2025
However, this trend from businesses has led to an arms race of escalating automation, with candidates using AI to generate interview answers while companies deploy AI to detect them—creating what amounts to machines talking to machines while humans get lost in the shuffle.
—ArsTechnica, 24 June 2025
While Further’s current slate leans feature-heavy, the real winners of this arms race will be the ones who look past film and TV.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 23 June 2025
The MOPs is supposedly jam-resistant, but the arms race of jamming and counter-jamming mean that constant upgrades are needed and success is far from certain.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 24 June 2025
However, this trend from businesses has led to an arms race of escalating automation, with candidates using AI to generate interview answers while companies deploy AI to detect them—creating what amounts to machines talking to machines while humans get lost in the shuffle.
—ArsTechnica, 24 June 2025
While Further’s current slate leans feature-heavy, the real winners of this arms race will be the ones who look past film and TV.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 23 June 2025
The MOPs is supposedly jam-resistant, but the arms race of jamming and counter-jamming mean that constant upgrades are needed and success is far from certain.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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“Arms race.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arms%20race. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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