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Workers have expressed concerns for their well-being and privacy regarding the use of emotion AI in the workplace.
An academic study, reported on by The Conversation, has assessed how effective employers are utilizing artificial intelligence (AI), what the intentions are, and crucially how it is perceived by those who will be the subjects of the technology.
Emotion AI is the sub-genre of artificial intelligence which helps machines gain an understanding of human emotion. This could be the interpretation of facial expressions, tone of voice, and eye movements at a particular time.

The report indicates emotional AI is already in use across various industries such as call centers, finance, banking and nursing. It is suggested over 50% of large employers in the United States are analyzing and monitoring their employees in this way, but what about the human impact?
Worker reaction to the use of emotion AI?
Of the 289 people questioned, concerns over well-being and privacy came to the fore, as well as the potential for a negative effect on their performance and unease about mental health stigma.
One worker with various health conditions stated, “The awareness that I am being analyzed would ironically have a negative effect on my mental health.”
Despite emotion AI’s supposed aim to improve staff well-being in the workplace, its use can lead to the opposite outcome, well-being diminished due to a loss of privacy and confidence.
Another worker with a diagnosed mental health condition commented on the prospect of emotional surveillance threatening their job, “They could decide that I am no longer a good fit at work and fire me. Decide I’m not capable enough and not give a raise, or think I’m not working enough.”
Proponents of this technology, including employers, have lauded the positives of emotion AI in aspects such as supporting employee well-being, optimizing workplace safety, boosting productivity and support for decision-making, such as promotions, firing workers and delegating.
The cost of this action in human terms must be carefully considered, as to how it affects people’s feelings, and morale in the workplace and relationships, then there is the minefield of privacy and bias to navigate.
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EA CEO Andrew Wilson believes generative AI could offer ‘deeper, more immersive experiences’ within the company and the wider industry in the next five years.
In a speech at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on Wednesday, March 6, Mr Wilson touched on the potential impact of generative AI in game development. The EA boss highlighted that advancements in such technology are allowing his company to create personalized content faster and more efficiently.
As a result, this rapid development paired with “deeper, more immersive experiences” will, according to the CEO, lead to significant audience expansion in the next five years, reports Techraptor.
Generative AI in gaming
At EA, Mr Wilson said that the teams are embracing the growth of generative AI, in an industry where many fear their jobs will be replaced with AI.
“Part of the process is how do we get our people to embrace [generative AI] and for creators of games, this is incredibly exciting,” he continued. “The ability to get to the fun faster and get to market faster is the Holy Grail for them.”
The gaming CEO used the example of building an in-game sports stadium to illustrate the point. Something that used to take six months now can be achieved in just six weeks. Down the line, this could even be reduced to six days. 
Looking at specific games, FIFA23 has 12 run cycles for how players can move. Already, EA Sports FC 24 has 1,200 options, created by generative AI.
“What we’ve seen every time there’s been a meaningful technological advancement in media and in technology, where you can democratize an industry and hand it over to the population at large, incredible things happen,” Mr Wilson said.
“Once you give that to the world where you have three billion players around the world creating personal content and expanding and enhancing the universes that we create, and building and creating their own universe on our technology platform, all of a sudden we are the beneficiaries of platform economics.
“For me, that’s a multi-billion dollar opportunity for us in addition to what we would otherwise get from our regular growth.”
Featured image: EA
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Wrestling isn’t wrestling unless you are smashing a light, foldable chair around your opponent’s head, fortunately in WWE 2K24 that remains an option, whichever version you might have bought. While it may be frowned upon in the real world, in the ring, literally anything goes and there are a number of nearby objects that can all be used as weapons to aid you on the road to glory.
All usable weapons in WWE 2K24
There seem to be 14 different items you can use to club your opponent with. Not all are available in each bout, but can generally be found in the same sorts of areas around the ring. Read on for more details about that. The weapons are as follows:

Baseball Bat
Chair
Chancla
Guitar
Hockey Stick
Kendo Stick
Ladder
Microphone
Shovel
Sledgehammer
Slim Jim
Stop Sign
Table
Trashcan

How to find weapons
You generally are not going to be able to find anything useful in terms of weaponry inside the ring – although you can fiddle about and detach the turnbuckle and use that, but that is a different story.
You are going to have to pop out of the ring and look around for anything that looks like it might have a secondary purpose! You will generally find chairs, microphones, and the like near the commentator’s desk.
Different types of bout will have different weapons available, so keep your eyes peeled.
How to use the Weapon Wheel in WWE 2K24
Use L1 on your PlayStation controller or LB on Xbox and this will bring up the Weapon Wheel where you can choose between six different weapons here. You can change what weapons appear here before a bout within Match Options.
It may be that there are some more hidden weapons as yet undiscovered and we will update this page if and when we find them.
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