Policy · 1h ago
Meta Patents AI That Listens All Day to Track Your Emotions
Meta has filed a patent for an AI that continuously listens to a user's voice to infer emotional states, logging each reading with timestamps, location, and activity data. The system could operate all day, raising significant privacy concerns. The patent details how voice patterns would be analyzed to determine feelings.
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While Meta frames this as a tool for personalized assistance, the patent's always-on listening and emotional tracking capabilities underscore the company's aggressive data collection ambitions.
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