As hiring accelerates, how do you keep trust when speed outpaces verification? AI may be improving efficiency, but is introducing new risks.

The 2026 HR Executive Top 100 HR Tech Influencers, now in its eighth year, recognizes practitioners, product leaders, analysts and advisors who influence, shape and communicate how enterprise technology directly affects the workforce.

Generative AI is enabling employees to create fake expense report documentation in just seconds, meaning HR needs to reimagine standard fraud protection strategies, while also looking at risk factors.

Most companies haven't built the muscle to hold both AI and risk at once, which means the CHRO ends up holding it personally.