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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
Technology
Asharq Al-Awsat

Zoom Urged by Rights Groups to Rule Out ‘Creepy’ AI Emotion Tech

A 3D printed Zoom logo is placed between small toy people figures and a keyboard in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. (Reuters)

Human rights groups have urged video-conferencing company Zoom to scrap research on integrating emotion recognition tools into its products, saying the technology can infringe users' privacy and perpetuate discrimination.

Technology publication Protocol reported last month that California-based Zoom was looking into building such tools, which could use artificial intelligence (AI) to scan facial movements and speech to draw conclusions about people's mood.

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