Two numbers from the last six months tell the story of hiring in 2026. Forty-six percent of job seekers say their trust in the hiring process has dropped over the past year. Ninety-one percent of recruiters report catching candidate deception. The Greenhouse 2025 AI in Hiring Report calls this an "AI doom loop." That feels generous. It is a trust collapse. Both sides are using AI. Neither side knows. Forty-one percent of candidates admit to hacking AI screeners with prompt in