Concerns are raised about new technologies that use AI, cameras to monitor workplace safety
The rise of artificial intelligence that uses cameras to check for health and safety violations in the workplace has raised concerns about a creeping workplace surveillance culture and a lack of protection for workers. Key points: AI can use cameras to monitor workplaces for health and safety violations and hazards One company with an Australian client said that blurring of the face was one of the steps taken to protect privacy Experts say Australian laws are not up-to-date to adequately regulate the increasing use of AI in the workplace AI technology that uses CCTV cameras can be trained to identify violations such as when a worker is not wearing gloves or a hard hat, or to identify hazards such as spills. One company, Intenseeye, reports having many Australian customers for the new technology, including large mining companies. But Nicholas Davis, professor of emerging technologies at the University of Technology Sydney, said this latest use of AI raises questions about the growing s