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"Renan Rodrigues had been working as a food delivery driver at Swiss company Smood for about a year and a half when"The robot" took over.

Smood had used such software since he started working there in 2020, Rodrigues told DW. But at a certain point, "The robot" became entirely responsible for planning his working day,according to him, and appealing to human managers was no longer possible.

A 2022 survey of 1,000 companies by professional services consultancy PwC found that between a sixth and a quarter had used AI in recruitment or employee retention in the past 12 months.

"Human resources professionals make decisions about recruitment, that is, who to hire; in worker appraisals and promotion considerations; to identify when people are likely to leave their jobs; and to select future leaders. People analytics are also used to manage workers' performance."

In the European Union, two key pieces of bloc-wide legislation are on the way that should affect the way AI is deployed at work.

Under the proposed AI act, employment, management of workers and access to self-employment are specifically mentioned as high-risk uses.

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