Meta is deploying employee monitoring software to capture mouse movements, clicks, and keystrokes for training AI agents that perform autonomous work tasks. The tool tracks interactions on work-related applications and takes periodic screenshots. Meta states the data is used only for model improvement and not for employee performance evaluation.
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Meta capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data
Meta deploys workforce-wide keystroke and mouse-movement monitoring to train autonomous AI agents, escalating data collection for autonomy at the cost of employee privacy and surveillance scale.
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Hacker NewsBY sys://pipeline
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