Tech biz teaching AI to use computers by slurping staff activity

NEW YORK, June 2 : Meta is dialing back elements of its plan to collect employee mouse movements, keystrokes and other actions for use as AI training data, it said in an internal…

June 2 : Meta is dialing back elements of its plan to collect employee mouse movements, keystrokes and other actions for use as AI training data, it said in an internal memo on…

New controls will allow employees to pause the data collection for up to 30 minutes at a time and request exemptions from the initiative, according to the memo, authored by…

Last April, Meta launched a program to collect employee keystrokes, mouse movements, and other inputs to train AI models. The company is now scaling down the project, citing…

Meta is dialing back elements of its plan to collect employee mouse movements, keystrokes and other actions for use as AI training data, it said in an internal memo

The “Model Capability Initiative” that records staff’s computing activity for AI training is being updated following backlash. Now, Meta employees can pause MCI for up to 30…

Facebook parent reportedly to allow staff to temporarily pause activity tracking for AI training, amid employee pushback

Meta has scaled back its controversial plan to monitor employee keystrokes and mouse movements for AI training, following significant internal resistance from its workforce.

Workers can now pause data collection for 30 minutes at a time, and some will be allowed to opt out altogether

Employees describe surveillance software as ‘very dystopian’

Meta scales back its MCI keystroke tracking programme after 1,500 employees signed a petition. Workers can now pause tracking for 30 minutes.

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Tech biz teaching AI to use computers by slurping staff activity