AI CV Detection False Positives for Non-Native English Speakers (UK 2026 Guide)
AI-detection tools have a documented blind spot: they flag prose written by non-native English speakers as 'AI-generated' at rates up to 97%. If you are a UK candidate writing in English as a second language, the detector is not measuring whether you used AI — it is measuring whether your sentence rhythm matches native-speaker patterns. Here is what the evidence shows and what UK law says you can do about it.
Summary
Stanford's 2023 finding of 61–97% false-positive rates on non-native English essays, the Equality Act 2010 section 19 indirect discrimination route, ICO 2024 AI-in-recruitment guidance, and five concrete edits that reduce false-positive risk on CVs and cover letters.