The Talent Acquisition and Recruiting AI (TARAI) Index: A Public Database for Understanding How AI Shapes Recruiting Tools

The Talent Acquisition and Recruiting AI (TARAI) Index is a public, interactive database that maps the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into over 100 human resources (HR) and recruiting technologies (HR Tech). It provides a standardized, transparent view of the HR tech landscape—helping recruiters, researchers, and policymakers understand how AI operates across the hiring process. Drawing directly from company product materials and insights gathered through over 100 interviews with recruiters and HR tech professionals, the TARAI Index translates complex product language into clear, comparable data points about functionality, claims, assumptions, and AI clarity. The result is an accessible resource that allows users to explore, analyze, and question the growing influence of AI in hiring. In sum, the TARAI Index reveals how deeply AI is intertwined with hiring itself—encouraging users to ask sharper, more informed questions about the technologies they rely on.