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Canon Uses AI Cameras That Only Let Smiling Workers Inside Offices

https://petapixel.com/2021/06/17/canon-uses-ai-cameras-that-only-let-smiling-workers-inside-offices/

This may sound like something straight out of a sci-fi movie, but
Canon has rolled out new AI cameras that use "smile recognition"
technology to ensure that only happy employees are allowed into its
offices. From a report: Back in 2020, the China-based Canon subsidiary
Canon Information Technology introduced an "intelligent IT solution"
for corporate offices that includes 5 different functional modules,
one of which is "smiley face access control. In addition, based on the
corporate culture of 'moving and always being,' Canon has always
advocated the concepts of 'laughing' and 'big health,' and hopes to
bring happiness and health to everyone in the post-epidemic era,"
Canon wrote in a press release. "Therefore, in the [...] intelligent
IT solution, a new experience of smile recognition is specially
incorporated. It is hoped that smiles can let everyone relax and get
healthy, so as to create a more pleasant working atmosphere and
improve efficiency."