BUSINESSES in the UK are using artificial intelligence to scrutinise the behaviour of their staff minute by minute. AI can enable bosses to know lots of information from who is emailing who and at …
reported that the Trade Union Congress general secretary Frances O’Grady, said: “Workers want to be trusted to do their jobs. But this kind of high-tech snooping creates fear and distrust. And by undermining morale, it could do businesses more harm than good.
"Employers should only introduce surveillance technologies after negotiation and agreement with the workforce, including union representatives. There should always be a workplace agreement in place that clarifies where the line is drawn for legitimate use, and that protects the privacy of working people.”
However, others think it could stop bias, discrimination and people taking credit for other peoples work.Status Today founder and CEO Ankur Modi has stressed that Isaak is not installed on individual employee devices and that any information collected is shared with employees directly. He said: "Compared to current industry systems by Microsoft or SAP, Isaak works for both managers and employees by providing team level data to the entire company in a transparent way. The goal is solve well-being effectively, instead of monitoring people at work.
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