(39) 'emotion recognition system' means an AI system for the purpose of identifying or inferring emotions or intentions of natural persons on the basis of their biometric data; ... (f) the placing on the market, the putting into service for this specific purpose, or the use of AI systems to infer emotions of a natural person in the areas of workplace and education institutions, except where the use of the AI system is intended to be put in place or into the market for medical or safety reasons;
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Emotion recognition: scope and limits
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Under the EU AI Act an emotion recognition system means an AI system for the purpose of identifying or inferring emotions or intentions of natural persons on the basis of their biometric data. The prohibition in Article 5(1)(f) covers the placing on the market, the putting into service for that specific purpose, or the use of AI systems to infer emotions of a natural person in the areas of workplace and education institutions, except where the system is intended to be put in place or on the market for medical or safety reasons.
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Definition
- An AI system for the purpose of identifying or inferring emotions or intentions of natural persons
- on the basis of their biometric data
Prohibition, Article 5(1)(f)
- Placing on the market, putting into service for that specific purpose, or using AI systems to infer emotions of a natural person
- in the areas of workplace and education institutions
Exception
- Where the system is intended to be put in place or on the market for medical or safety reasons
Where the book relies on it
- The AI Act File, The uses that are simply forbidden. About The AI Act File
- Kind of evidence
- documentarySettled by a first-hand source, quoted below with the day it was read.
The evidence
(251) [...] An AI system inferring emotions from written text (content/sentiment analyses) to define the style or the tone of a certain article is not based on biometric data and therefore does not fall within the scope of the prohibition. An AI system inferring emotions from key stroke (way of typing), facial expressions, body postures or movements is based on biometric data and falls within the scope of the prohibition. (254) [...] The notion of 'workplace' in Article 5(1)(f) AI Act should also be understood to apply to candidates during the selection and hiring process [...]. Using webcams and voice recognition systems by a call centre to track their employee's emotions, such as anger, is prohibited. If only deployed for personal training purposes, emotion recognition systems are allowed if the results are not shared with HR responsible persons and cannot impact the assessment, promotion etc. of the person trained, provided that the prohibition is not circumvented and the use of the emotion recognition system does not have any impact on the work relationship. Using voice recognition systems by a call centre to track their customers emotions, such as anger or impatience, is not prohibited by Article 5(1)(f) AI Act.
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