Meta is using its own employees' activity to train AI, and laying off 8,000 of them at the same time

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A hot potato: Meta is expanding how it monitors employee computer use as part of its push to improve artificial intelligence systems, a move that is drawing internal resistance. In an update shared with US employees and reviewed by The New York Times, Meta said it will begin collecting detailed data on how workers use their computers. That includes what they type, how they move their mouse, where they click, and what appears on their screens.

Meta said the data will help its AI systems learn how people complete everyday tasks on a computer.

The reaction inside Meta was immediate and, in many cases, negative. Employees raised concerns in internal forums, questioning both the scope of the trackingand the lack of an opt-out option. "This makes me super uncomfortable," one engineering manager...

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