Meta has paused an internal AI-training programme after employee backlash and a privacy scare exposed the extent of data being collected from workers' computers. The programme, designed to help improve the company's artificial intelligence models, tracked employee activity including keystrokes, mouse clicks and on-screen content, prompting concerns about workplace surveillance and trust.
‼️🚨BREAKING: Meta has stopped its controversial employee-tracking program for training AI after an internal exposure left all the collected data accessible across the company, including keystrokes, screen contents, full AI prompts, transcripts, private conversations, and… pic.twitter.com/qRRCj1mNSl
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