Detection · Browser-based assistants
Detect browser-based AI assistants in remote interviews.
ParakeetAI, Sensei AI, Interview Sidekick and similar “interview copilots” run in a browser tab, transcribe the interviewer, and surface answers in a side panel or a voice feed. Capifiq surfaces a browser-based assistant by its activity, and seals it as evidence.
The threat
An interview copilot in a browser tab.
Browser-based assistants are marketed openly as “interview copilots.” They listen to the interview through the browser, transcribe the questions, and generate suggested answers in a side panel or as a voice in the candidate's ear — all from a tab the candidate keeps off-screen.
Because they live in the browser, they are pitched as low-friction and hard to spot.
Tools in this category
- ParakeetAI — voice-driven copilot
- Sensei AI — real-time answer panel
- Interview Sidekick — STAR-framework helper
- Beyz AI and other web copilots
- Browser extensions that generate answers
- …and new copilots launched weekly
The blind spot
Why it hides in plain sight.
The assistant is just another tab, and the category grows faster than any list can track.
Just another tab
The assistant is a web app or extension in a tab the candidate never shares, off to the side of the call.
Flagged by activity, not names
A useful signal is what the assistant does — listening and generating during the interview — not a catalogued product name.
New copilots weekly
The category grows constantly, so a denylist is always a step behind the newest entrant.
What Capifiq surfaces
- Unauthorized browser-assistant activity during the session
- The relevant extension or web-app category
- Coverage correlated with the interview timeline
- Cryptographically hashed, sealed evidence for review
The coverage
Caught by the behavior, not the tab.
Capifiq surfaces an unauthorized browser assistant active during the interview by its behavior — the presence and activity of an assistant — and records it as an event.
The finding is timestamped and sealed. For exactly what is collected during a monitored interview, see the Security & Trust page.
The full picture
On-device is only half of it.
Capifiq detects any unauthorized assistance running on the candidate's device — this is one of the common vectors, not a fixed list. And for help that never touches the device, interviewing methodology deters what no software can see.
Hidden AI assistants
Desktop and web tools that feed answers on a hidden overlay.
Remote-control sessions
Another person viewing or driving the candidate's machine.
Virtual machines
A second environment concealing unauthorized tools.
Virtual cameras & deepfakes
A substituted or manipulated webcam feed.
Display tampering
Overlays and extra displays hiding content.
Off-device cheating
Deterred with interviewing methodology — the second pillar.
Questions
Common questions.
Does Capifiq detect ParakeetAI or Sensei AI?
What exactly does Capifiq collect?
Is a browser assistant different from a desktop AI tool?
What about a brand-new browser copilot?
Get started
Catch the copilot in the tab you can't see.
Run Capifiq alongside the Zoom, Teams, or Meet calls you already do, and see what it surfaces.