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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

When Rob Gibbs started volunteering as a firefighter at the CFA, he was strong both physically and mentally, but 21 years later he’s sitting on the couch at his Cowwarr home feeling like a burden to his family. Key points: Rob Gibbs was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in 2016 He fought the fire for 15 years and urged firefighters to have regular blood tests The World Health Organization says firefighting is a cancer-causing profession Mr Gibbs, 52, was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in 2016, had one of his legs amputated, and has spent about three of the last five years in hospital. “It’s hard with everything going on with my body. Sometimes you think, why bother?” he says. “If it weren’t for my wife and daughter, I might have left a while ago in all honesty.” Importance of PPE Mr Gibbs has been fighting fires in Gippsland and in metropolitan Melbourne for 15 years and is now encouraging working firefighters to protect themselves by testing their blood regularly and w