Is your boss watching you? The rise of AI surveillance at work – podcast

Employee monitoring has evolved from output targets and bossware to advanced AI surveillance. These systems process vast data volumes to provide minute-by-minute accounts of worker activity and productivity. Robert Booth discusses the sectors adopting this technology and the potential for it to become counterproductive. Notably, teachers at a firm led by Euan Blair have reported experiencing horrendous stress after AI was utilised to rate their professional work, highlighting the psychological impact of these new monitoring capabilities.