WorkThe story, in brief
Pseudoscientific emotion AI is invading the workplace, an Atlantic report shows
Emotion-reading AI is now in your workplace. The science says it doesn't work.
The KeyNews take
Why it matters
Pseudoscientific emotion AI tools are proliferating in workplace deployments despite lack of scientific validation, raising governance and ethics questions that boards and CTOs need to address in AI procurement and policy.
The key facts
5 to knowEmotion AI software claims to read human emotions
Tools are becoming widespread in workplace environments
Technology flagged as pseudoscientific by Atlantic investigation
Lack of scientific validation for emotion detection claims
Workplace deployment occurring without apparent governance oversight
Go to the source
The Decoderthe-decoder.com
Publisher excerpt: Software that claims to read human emotions using AI is quietly becoming a fixture of everyday work life, Ellen Cushing reports in a feature for The Atlantic.