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Ever felt mentally or physically drained after a video conference call? You're not alone.A recent study found a connection between video conferencing in educational settings and physical symptoms of exhaustion. Concern about the impact of so-called "Zoom fatigue" took hold as the use of video calls expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic.In an interview with CBS News, Dr. Arjun Venkatesh, a professor and chair of emergency medicine at Yale University, called the study "small but mighty in many ways." The study focused on 35 college students split into two groups — half of them watched a lecture live and the other half got it over video conference. All participants wore EEG and EKG monitors to measure the electrical activity in the brain and their heart ra...

When Zoom announced an update to its terms of service earlier this week that appeared to provide access to users' data for AI training, privacy advocates and customers rang the alarm."Zoom's [terms of service] now demand that they use AI to train on audio, face and facial movements, even private conversations without recourse, unconditionally and irrevocably," scientist Bryan Jones said in a tweet, "Opting out is not an option."The backlash prompted Zoom to clarify its service terms in a blog post on Monday, where it promised not to "use audio, video, or chat content for training our models without customer consent." However, while privacy experts say that promise is now codified in Zoom's user agreement, they warn that it doesn't prevent the company f...

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“Zoom fatigue” may affect the brain and heart, study finds. An expert explains how to prevent it.

Zoom’s terms of service change sparks worries over AI uses. Here’s what to know.