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Emotion AI software analyzes faces and voices for sentiment in workplaces and schools

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An app called MorphCast uses AI to analyze human emotions, with one user reporting it identified them as "amused," "determined," and "interested." This emotion AI technology is being licensed for various applications, including a mental-health app, a program monitoring schoolchildren, and a McDonald's promotional campaign in Portugal. The industry, known as emotion AI or affective computing, employs methods like analyzing video, audio, and text to gauge worker sentiment or customer moods. AI

IMPACT Emotion AI tools are expanding into consumer and workplace applications, raising questions about privacy and the interpretation of human sentiment.

RANK_REASON The article discusses a product that uses AI for emotion detection, which falls under the 'tool' category as it's an application of existing AI technology.

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Emotion AI software analyzes faces and voices for sentiment in workplaces and schools

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    "The good news, for me at least, is that the computer thinks I have a nice personality. According to an app called MorphCast, I was, in a recent meeting with my

    "The good news, for me at least, is that the computer thinks I have a nice personality. According to an app called MorphCast, I was, in a recent meeting with my boss, generally “amused,” “determined,” and “interested,” though—sue me—occasionally “impatient.” MorphCast, you see, p…

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