Optifye.ai, a Y-combinator-backed startup, sparked a massive social media backlash this week after the demonstration went viral. The video shows how the company's AI-powered cameras can track factory workers in real time, and quickly set fire to it online as criticism is flooded with criticism over X and hacker news. In the clip, the supervisors spark a broader conversation about workplace surveillance, workers' rights, and the growing role of AI, sparking a broader conversation in the workplace, and the supervisors address them.
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