Meta is installing new tracking software on U.S.-based employees’ computers to capture mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes for use in training its artificial intelligence models, part of a broad initiative to build AI agents that can perform work tasks autonomously, the company told staffers in internal memos seen by Reuters.
OMG that’s so creepy
This is exactly why I never bought one of their headsets and why their VR division was doomed to fail. They want to do this kind of stuff with your head tracking data.
Seriously, why would anyone that isn’t a far-right fascist even work there anymore?
I’ve heard they pay really well.
Their turnover is questionable
Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, now they will literally have performance metrics for all employees. Prepare to see non-executive white collar jobs turn into minimum wage slogfests where you’re pruned if even 10% of your time is idle.
Hehe that’s funny you think this is performance metrics and not just training AI agents to do the work without having to pay a human.
¿por qué no los dos?
They weren’t already?
As far as I could tell, they weren’t when I worked there. Then again, I was the only person I knew who had a Linux workstation, and one running Wayland at that, so it may have been present on the Mac and Windows machines and I just never knew about it.
Oh they were, but now it’s going to less secret
Probably a way to encourage them to quit. No doubt they did it before. They probably just made the announcement to put unnecessary stress on employees.
Here’s a sneak peek into a management review meeting in the near future:
“Why is our AI browsing porn in the middle of the workday and constantly writing ‘It fucking sucks ass here’ in corporate documents?”
I’m pretty sure the EU won’t let them pull this off with their EU employees. And the US will do absolutely nothing to protect their citizens that are employees of Meta. Disgusting behaviour from Meta, there’s absolutely no bottom for them.
I read that as the animal mice, and I was wondering why Meta was hiring mice.
because they have the best laid plans
