California Bans Employers From Using AI to Monitor Workers' Brains and Emotions
bloomberglaw · reddit · 2026-10-01
California's governor signed a new law prohibiting employers from using AI to monitor workers' brain activity and emotional states, extending worker privacy protections to neural data gathered via brain-computer interfaces or emotion-recognition tools.
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