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How AI takes workplace surveillance to another level

The Big Story
The Big Story
Episode • Mar 25, 2024 • 24m

We all know that companies track what we do on work devices. If, for example, you're listening to this show right now on a company phone or laptop, your boss could probably find that out, assuming they wanted to.

But he’s where it gets darker: your boss might not have to bother finding out. An AI-driven worker surveillance program may be logging everything you do, completely automatically. And then judging your performance based on whatever it's been told to look for...

GUEST: Valerio de Stefano, Canada Research Chair in Innovation, Law and Society

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