At a time when mental health awareness is on the rise and technology is more personal than ever, a new artificial intelligence application is blurring the line between self-care and surveillance. Emobot, a French medical tech startup, has developed an app that uses facial recognition to monitor emotional states—just from your smartphone’s selfie camera.
The app is already being used by hundreds of patients, mainly in France, where it is classified as a medical device. According to The Metro, Emobot tracks facial expressions throughout the day and…