Major companies use AI to monitor employees

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monitor employee communications

　　 従業員のコミュニケーションを監視する

news surface  ニュースが浮上する

reaction 反応

swift  早い

workplace advocate  職場の擁護者

a loss of privacy プライバシーの喪失

tracking  追跡

employee conversations 従業員の会話

far from novel 目新しくない

efficient at monitoring 監視に効率的

in the workplace 職場での

call … scary  怖いと言う

understandable 当然だ

feel monitored 監視されていると感じる

surveillance socialization 監視の社会化

surveillance society          監視社会

be progressing  進行する

ethical and legal challenges 倫理的、法的課題

address  issue  問題に対処する

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According to CNN, major companies like Walmart, Starbucks, Delta and Chevron have been using AI to monitor employee communications. 

The news surfaced last month, the reaction online was swift.

Employees and workplace advocates worried about a loss of privacy.

Some experts say,

Watching, reading and tracking employee conversations is far from novel.

But AI might be more efficient at monitoring.

A recent study by a company called Qualtrics, found that employees are nervous, with 46% calling its use in the workplace “scary.”

It’s understandable that employees would feel monitored.

I guess,

We know surveillance socialization is progressing in china.

We, the people living in democratic country,

do not want to live under a surveillance society like China.

The AI  technology has been raising some new ethical and legal challenges.

Democratic nations need to address these issues early.

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https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/03/04/tech/ai-companies-monitor-employees-at-work

https://www.cnn.co.jp/business/35216302.html