A new AI listens to every prison call and decides who is speaking

The Next Web reports that a Texas company has begun selling corrections agencies an artificial intelligence system that listens to prison phone calls. It works out who is speaking, whether or not the speaker wants that. LEO Technologies, based in Austin,…

For Australian readers, the useful question is what this changes in everyday work: costs, productivity, privacy, hiring, or the tools businesses rely on. We are watching this story because practical AI adoption is moving quickly, and the impact often reaches workplaces before policy or training catches up.