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t may be comforting to think about your pet monitoring your emotions and responding to your energy. But your employer doing the same with computers is more…dystop
ian.Luckily for some workers in Europe, employers will soon be barred from tracking whether they’re happy, sad, or
over it.Where in the world? Beginning Aug. 2 2026, employers in the European Union will be barred from using artificial intelligence to track workers’ emotions via webcam or voice recognition systems, the Independe
nt reported.The rules are part of the Artificial Intelligence Act, which, in part, aims to prevent companies from using AI to discriminate against current