{"id":12845,"date":"2024-01-07T12:37:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T11:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/07\/constantly-monitored-the-pushback-against-ai-surveillance-at-work\/"},"modified":"2024-01-07T12:37:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T11:37:30","slug":"constantly-monitored-the-pushback-against-ai-surveillance-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/07\/constantly-monitored-the-pushback-against-ai-surveillance-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Constantly monitored\u2019: the pushback against AI surveillance at work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Academics decry algorithmic monitoring of workers and call for stronger standards \u2013 but US unions have been slow to act<\/p>\n<p>From algorithms firing staff without human intervention to software keeping tabs on bathroom breaks, technologies including artificial intelligence are already upsetting workers and unsettling workplaces.<\/p>\n<p>At call centers, AI systems record and grade how workers handle calls, often giving failing grades for not sticking to the script. Some corporate software spies on workers to see whether they ever write the word \u201cunion\u201d in their emails.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/jan\/07\/artificial-intelligence-surveillance-workers\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/8c7c18c4c70b0b5711466fcf1d9a0607700ec9d0\/0_215_3733_2239\/master\/3733.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=fbb56a0c304aaaf003df1ede33fe2266\" title=\"\u2018Constantly monitored\u2019: the pushback against AI surveillance at work\" \/>Academics decry algorithmic monitoring of workers and call for stronger standards \u2013 but US unions have been slow to act<br \/>\nFrom algorithms firing staff without human intervention to software keeping tabs on bathroom breaks, technologies including artificial intelligence are already upsetting workers and unsettling workplaces.<br \/>\nAt call centers, AI systems record and grade how workers handle calls, often giving failing grades for not sticking to the script. Some corporate software spies on workers to see whether they ever write the word \u201cunion\u201d in their emails. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academics decry algorithmic monitoring of workers and call for stronger standards \u2013 but US unions have been slow to act From algorithms firing staff without human intervention to software keeping tabs on bathroom breaks, technologies including artificial intelligence are already upsetting workers and unsettling workplaces. At call centers, AI systems record and grade how workers &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/07\/constantly-monitored-the-pushback-against-ai-surveillance-at-work\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Constantly monitored\u2019: the pushback against AI surveillance at work<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12845"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}