Meta Files Patent for AI That Can Listen All Day and Track How You're Feeling

Meta has filed a patent application for an artificial intelligence system that can continuously listen to a user's voice and attempt to determine their emotional state based on their tone. The system would create a log of these emotional assessments, timestamped and linked to the user's location, activity, and phone usage at the time. The patent application includes variations of the system, with some designed to operate continuously throughout the day. These variations would also track how the user is interacting with their phone when each emotional assessment is made. The system's goal is to build a detailed record of the user's emotional state over time. The patent application outlines a potentially pervasive monitoring system.