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16
Sep

Digital monitoring and control in the workplace. From the expansion of operational data collection to algorithmic management? A study by Cracked Labs, September 2021

September 16, 2021
Original article in German, auto translated. Source: https://crackedlabs.org/daten-arbeitsplatz Which data processing systems are used in companies today? What functions does the software available on the market offer? How do these technologies affect workers? To what extent do they change or strengthen the power imbalance between the company and employees? And where is the journey going? Due to the rapid...
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12
Apr

Time to regulate AI that interprets human emotions

April 12, 2021
Source: Nature WORLD VIEW, 06 APRIL 2021 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00868-5 Kate Crawford During the pandemic, technology companies have been pitching their emotion-recognition software for monitoring workers and even children remotely. Take, for example, a system named 4 Little Trees. Developed in Hong Kong, the program claims to assess children’s emotions while they do classwork. It maps facial features...
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