To protect corporate networks against malware, data exfiltration and other threats, security departments have systems in place to monitor email traffic, URLs and employee behaviors. With artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, this data can also be used to make predictions. Is an employee planning to steal data? To defraud the company? To engage in insider trading? To sexually harass another employee?

As AI gets better, companies will need to make ethical decisions about how they use this new ability to monitor employees, particularly around what behaviors to watch out for and what interventions are appropriate. Information security teams will be on the front lines.