“Co-appearance” sounds like a movie credit, but, in this case, you might not have signed up for the role. Also called “correlation analysis,” this new branch of AI-powered biometric surveillance technology can analyze and track who a person has been with over time, measure the frequency of their interactions, and cross-reference this with other data, such as calendar info.

Many years back, on a trip to Crotonville for leadership training, I recall GE Security giving our class a sneak peek of a brand new camera feed analysis tech: visual analysis of people groups in real-time. That moment felt like a peek into the future.