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Bad management: Canon now have smile detection cameras in their Chinese office
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    Tech company Canon has come up with a downright dystopic way to tackle the problem of workplace morale: it’s installed cameras with AI-enabled “smile recognition” technology in the offices of its Chinese subsidiary Canon Information Technology. The cameras only let smiling workers enter rooms or book meetings, ensuring that every employee is definitely, 100 percent happy all the time.

    https://www.ft.com/content/b74b6ad6-3b8d-4cd8-9dd6-3b49754aa1c7

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