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Meta scales back its plan to track employees' keyboard and mouse activity for AI training after internal backlash; workers can now pause data collection for up to 30 minutes or request exemptions.
Meta employees are protesting the company's new mouse-tracking software, the Model Capability Initiative, arguing it constitutes invasive surveillance just before a major round of layoffs.
Meta is deploying internal tracking software on US employees’ PCs to record mouse/keyboard actions and occasional screen snapshots, aiming to improve AI agents that automate workplace tasks.