Article 5 (f) of the EU AI Act, fresh from the press (published two weeks ago), prohibits "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". [1]

Penalties consist of fines up to EUR 35M or 7% of an undertaking's turnover, whichever is higher (article 99, §3 AI Act).

The prohibition will apply only from 2 February 2025 (see article 113 (a) AI Act).

Not a day too early, arguably even too late. Governments of the world, follow suit!

[1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L...