Nvidia’s chief software architect said job seekers could benefit from using the same AI models that recruiters are using.
Speaking at the Sohn Investment Conference 2026, Jonathan Ross, an AI hardware architect who previously helped invent Google’s TPU chip, said, “AI likes to use AI.” AI recruiting systems may prioritize resumes generated by their own underlying models, a new study has pointed out.
“Someone’s research showed that resumes generated from one LLM are preferred by the same LLM over resumes generated from another LLM,” Ross told Infinitum CIO John Yetimoglu.
“Currently, recruiters use LLMs to decide who to interview, but we need to know which LLMs recruiters are using,” he added.
Ross said applicants may need multiple resumes tailored to the AI to have the best chance of passing the automated screening system.
“So you should create one resume in Claude or Opus 4.7 and one resume in ChatGPT, and then you basically have the best chance of being selected,” he said.
Ross appears to be referring to a recent academic paper titled “AI Self-Preference in Algorithm Adoption” published in the late 2025 edition of the AAAI/ACM Conference Proceedings on AI, Ethics, and Society by researchers Jiannan Xu, Gujie Li, Jane Yi Jiang, and colleagues.
Researchers tested more than 2,200 resumes across 24 occupations and found that applicants who used the same AI model as an evaluator were 23% to 60% more likely to be shortlisted than applicants who submitted resumes written by similarly qualified humans.
The comments come as AI-powered recruitment tools are rapidly gaining traction in corporate recruiting departments.
A 2025 Resume.org survey of nearly 1,400 U.S. employees familiar with their company’s hiring practices found that 57% of companies are already using AI in their hiring workflows. Of these employers, 79% said they use AI to screen resumes, and 74% said AI systems could reject candidates without human review.
The rapid adoption of AI screening tools has also raised concerns about bias and false positives in recruitment.
Business Insider recently reported that one IT employee said he was rejected for a position six minutes after applying and suspects he was automatically screened by AI software.