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

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

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> 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.

> The tool will run on a list of work-related apps and websites and will also take occasional snapshots of the content on employees’ screens for context, according to one memo, posted by a staff AI research scientist on Tuesday in a dedicated internal channel for the company's model-building Meta SuperIntelligence Labs team.

ALL YOUR DATA IS BELONG TO US

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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

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‘Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said the data collected would not be used for performance assessments or any other purpose’

Horseshit.

1. Employees are being asked to train AI to replace them.

2. Performance assessments will 100% be impacted. No question.

Thinking back on the OTT interview experience that Facebook helped pioneer, imagine making it through that, getting paid a massive sum of money BUT barely getting by on it because of the location, then they drop this crap on you?

Big Brother is always watching.

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

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post #4

After all the layoffs, labeling people as underperformers while laying off, etc. can they stoop any lower? Why TF would anyone in their right mind would want to join this company?

They pay well. That’s it. That’s the only argument for working for facebook.

They don’t add anything beneficial to society. They exist to sell ads.

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

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When you will think about it, what actually useful data are you getting from this exercise? It is like strapping camera on a manual laborer so you can see what he sees, but you don't get data about the touch and grip and you won't get data about why he is doing specific moves.
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