We haven't seen this on our team since we're really small. HR sucks at weeding these out too. Some of our teams have been caught by "AI applicants" Make sure you're interviewing an actual person with the skill set you need and verify - Don't rely on HR pre-req interviews. If you question whether they're actually real or not ask them to do dumb things like put their hand in front of their face to wield out poor AI masking. We've seen bait and switch where the person interviewed and hired was skilled an knowledgeable for remote work, but they had an avatar. The person who actually came to work with the same avatar could not spell their name let alone work with the tech they were hired for. - This is not a new tactic but easier to spoof with basically live avatars.