In Data-Driven South Korea, AI is Monitoring 3,200 Senior Citizens

The search habits of thousands of South Korean senior citizens “are being monitored through virtual-assistant smart speaker technology,” writes Slashdot reader shirappu. The AP reports that around 3,200 people across the country, “mostly older than 70 and living alone, have so far allowed the SK Telecom speakers to listen to them 24 hours a day since the service launched in April…