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BBC News
3 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Southampton University report warns of privacy threats at work
Researchers have warned that workplace surveillance is threatening people's right to privacy.A report by the University of Southampton and the Institute of Public Policy Research showed new technology allowed for intense and extensive surveillance of author Dr Joe Atkinson said currently workers were not told how they were being added: "Employers have always wanted to oversee their workforce, but technology is fundamentally changing the nature of these practices." The report, "Negotiating the Future of Work: Legislating to Protect Works from Surveillance", found since the shift to remote work caused by the Covid 19 pandemic, workers have reported an increase in the use of surveillance claimed that biometric sensors, facial recognition cameras, and the monitoring of communications and computer activity allow employers to collect and process data that would not have been accessible to human managers in the Atkinson, a lecturer in employment law at the University of Southampton, said: "This vast and detailed surveillance threatens workers' right to privacy and can also have a chilling effect on the right to freedom of association, expression and belief. "It can increase stress and anxiety, lead to lower levels of autonomy and satisfaction at work and deepen existing power imbalances."For companies, excessive surveillance decreases staff wellbeing and satisfaction, leading to higher staff turnover, and potentially hampering productivity." 'Collaborative relationships' He said in many cases workers were not being forced to be monitored, but highlighted that it was not always that simple."If you're an employee and you're asked by your manager or you're given an instruction, really that is tantamount to being forced," he government's plan to Make Work Pay committed to "ensuring proposals to introduce surveillance technologies would be subject to consultation and negotiation" with Atkinson said the university's report detailed how the government's plans can be best the suggestions was the introduction of new information rights so workers can challenge unjustifiable monitoring said it is about raising awareness of the use of this tech with employees and developing "collaborative relationships". You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Block-by-Block event in Lamasco neighborhood canceled due to weather
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Evansville officials have announced the Block-by-Block event scheduled to take place on Friday morning has been postponed due to inclement weather. Evansville Communications Director Joe Atkinson said the city will announce a rescheduled date as soon as possible. The cleanup event would have been the second Block-by-Block event in Evansville this year. You can find the latest weather forecast on our Weather Wall page. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Euronews
07-03-2025
- Business
- Euronews
Agentic AI takes centre stage at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
As all the big industry names returned to this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona this week, AI innovation like AI agents was a key focus. ADVERTISEMENT Agentic artificial intelligence (AI), or AI agents, took centre stage at this week's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona with some 100,000 visitors coming together to see the latest innovations on display at the major telecoms event. "[AI] Agents sound scarier than it is," Joe Atkinson, global chief AI officer at PwC, told Euronews. "Think of agents as AI that does specific things and maybe interacts with other groups of AI that do other specific things. So the kinds of tasks that we do every day," he said. "Think of having a calendar agent, one that just focuses on how is my schedule, and another agent that maybe does my social media, one that just focuses on building my social media. In the simplest way, that's what the agents are doing. "In the future, what we are going to see is the calendar agent coordinating with the social agent and letting a lot of that work happen for us instead of by us," Atkinson added. Other AI making impact at MWC 2025 Although agentic AI was the hot topic of conversation at MWC, it was not the only AI making waves. Seville FC's chief data officer, Elias Zamora, explained how it has partnered with IBM to improve its scouting process. He said AI-driven insights are helping the club find players that match specific criteria faster. For example, narrowing down those with leadership qualities and attacking abilities. "If I am looking for a given, or a specific kind of player, like, for example, give me a player that is a leader with some attacking abilities and mobility, the technology is able to understand this," he told Euronews. He further explained how it is able to compare players and narrow down the hundreds of thousands of reports produced by the club. For more from MWC 2025, watch the video in the media player above.
Euronews
07-03-2025
- Business
- Euronews
Gender index reveals 'unbalanced representation' in the entire EU tech ecosystem
As all the big industry names returned to this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona this week, AI innovation like AI agents was a key focus. ADVERTISEMENT Agentic artificial intelligence (AI), or AI agents, took centre stage at this week's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona with some 100,000 visitors coming together to see the latest innovations on display at the major telecoms event. "[AI] Agents sound scarier than it is," Joe Atkinson, global chief AI officer at PwC, told Euronews. "Think of agents as AI that does specific things and maybe interacts with other groups of AI that do other specific things. So the kinds of tasks that we do every day," he said. "Think of having a calendar agent, one that just focuses on how is my schedule, and another agent that maybe does my social media, one that just focuses on building my social media. In the simplest way, that's what the agents are doing. "In the future, what we are going to see is the calendar agent coordinating with the social agent and letting a lot of that work happen for us instead of by us," Atkinson added. Other AI making impact at MWC 2025 Although agentic AI was the hot topic of conversation at MWC, it was not the only AI making waves. Seville FC's chief data officer, Elias Zamora, explained how it has partnered with IBM to improve its scouting process. He said AI-driven insights are helping the club find players that match specific criteria faster. For example, narrowing down those with leadership qualities and attacking abilities. "If I am looking for a given, or a specific kind of player, like, for example, give me a player that is a leader with some attacking abilities and mobility, the technology is able to understand this," he told Euronews. He further explained how it is able to compare players and narrow down the hundreds of thousands of reports produced by the club. For more from MWC 2025, watch the video in the media player above.
Euronews
06-03-2025
- Business
- Euronews
Agentic AI takes centre stage at Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona
As all the big industry names returned to this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona this week, AI innovation like AI agents was a key focus. ADVERTISEMENT Agentic artificial intelligence (AI), or AI agents, took centre stage at this week's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona with some 100,000 visitors coming together to see the latest innovations on display at the major telecoms event. "[AI] Agents sound scarier than it is," Joe Atkinson, global chief AI officer at PwC, told Euronews. "Think of agents as AI that does specific things and maybe interacts with other groups of AI that do other specific things. So the kinds of tasks that we do every day," he said. "Think of having a calendar agent, one that just focuses on how is my schedule, and another agent that maybe does my social media, one that just focuses on building my social media. In the simplest way, that's what the agents are doing. "In the future, what we are going to see is the calendar agent coordinating with the social agent and letting a lot of that work happen for us instead of by us," Atkinson added. Other AI making impact at MWC 2025 Although agentic AI was the hot topic of conversation at MWC, it was not the only AI making waves. Seville FC's chief data officer, Elias Zamora, explained how it has partnered with IBM to improve its scouting process. He said AI-driven insights are helping the club find players that match specific criteria faster. For example, narrowing down those with leadership qualities and attacking abilities. "If I am looking for a given, or a specific kind of player, like, for example, give me a player that is a leader with some attacking abilities and mobility, the technology is able to understand this," he told Euronews. He further explained how it is able to compare players and narrow down the hundreds of thousands of reports produced by the club. For more from MWC 2025, watch the video in the media player above.
