Employees all over the world find themselves monitored by AI at work

The latest example of workers under surveillance comes from Co-op, a British consumer co-operative that runs thousands of businesses This was originally published in TechScape, a newsletter about how technology shapes our lives. Sign up to receive it here. Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian, writing to you while moving laundry from the washer to the dryer, wishing a robot could do the task for me. Today in tech, we’re talking about workers and AI. Continue reading...

Blake Montgomery · Tue, Oct 13, 2026, 6:56 AM
California | The Guardian

Employees all over the world find themselves monitored by AI at work

The latest example of workers under surveillance comes from Co-op, a British consumer co-operative that runs thousands of businesses

This was originally published in TechScape, a newsletter about how technology shapes our lives. Sign up to receive it here.

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian, writing to you while moving laundry from the washer to the dryer, wishing a robot could do the task for me. Today in tech, we’re talking about workers and AI.

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