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The Rise of Emotional Surveillance

Emotion AI technology is quietly entering the workplace, monitoring employee emotions through facial expressions, voice tone, chat logs, and more. This article explores the state of the technology, use cases, ethical concerns, and potential biases, such as inaccurate judgments against specific racial groups. Despite the EU banning emotion AI in the workplace, the global market is expected to triple to $9 billion by 2030.

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  • Emotion AI monitors employee emotions via cameras, microphones, chat logs, etc., used in customer service, trucking, and more
  • Often used to boost productivity, but suffers from bias and accuracy issues, e.g., misjudging Black players as angrier
  • EU has banned workplace emotion AI, but global market is still growing rapidly
  • Remote work and AI advances intensify privacy concerns, yet businesses widely adopt monitoring tools

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