Recent developments in affective computing encompass a variety of technologies employing artificial intelligence solutions that demonstrate the capacity to recognise emotional states based on extra-linguistic expressive cues, such as facial expressions, affective prosody, and gestures. However, the use of artificial intelligence to automatically detect and infer human emotions raises numerous ethical concerns. The potential threats posed by this technology to human rights and fundamental freedoms are widely acknowledged. This paper examines emotion recognition systems from the perspective of the regulations set forth in the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act).
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