Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data

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NEW YORK, April 21 (Reuters) - Meta (META.O), opens new tab 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.

  • Initiative part of broader AI workforce overhaul
  • Meta says safeguards in place, data will not be used for performance reviews
  • Meta urges staff to use AI agents for daily tasks, plans 10% global layoffs
  • Experts warn employee surveillance raises privacy concerns

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/meta-start-capturing-employee-mouse-movements-keystrokes-ai-training-data-2026-04-21/

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The tool, called Model Capability Initiative (MCI), will run on work-related apps and websites and will also take occasional snapshots of the content on employees’ screens, according to one of the memos, posted by a staff AI research scientist on Tuesday in a channel for the company’s model-building Meta SuperIntelligence Labs team.

This reminds of Recall

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It also reminded me of Employee monitoring app leaks 21 million screenshots in real time

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His camera presence and exposition has gotten a lot better. Definitely felt like he was struggling before so I’m guessing he got help. This is just conjecture but either way, good for him!

And thanks for sharing this.

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Agreed!

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