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Meta to lay off 10% of employees just days after announcing workplace tracking decision

Earlier this week, social giant Meta Platforms made headlines after a memo to its employees said it would install software on employees' computers to train AI tools. Internally, it was understandably ...
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Meta Plans to Train Workplace AI by Tracking Employees' Clicks and Keystrokes

Meta will start using new tracking software on employee computers in the US to gather training data for its workplace AI agents, Reuters reported Tuesday. Its Model Capability Initiative (MCI) will ...
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Meta is installing tracking software on employees’ computers to capture mouse movements and keystrokes for AI agent training

The move, disclosed in an internal memo seen by Reuters, is framed as a way to teach AI agents how humans navigate software. Critics say it is workplace surveillance under a different name. Meta is ...
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Meta Employee Surveillance for AI Training Draws Protest: Zuckerberg Defends No-Opt-Out Program, 8,000 Layoff

An illustration photograph taken on February 20, 2025 shows Meta logo is displayed on a laptop screen next to the Facebook app displayed on a phone screen, in a residential property in Guildford, ...
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Meta will lay off 10% of employees just days after announcing controversial workplace tracking decision

Meta says the effort is about efficiency, but it admits it also has to do with offsetting its $600 billion in AI data center investments.