Meta Plans to Turn Its Employees' Clicks and Keystrokes into AI Training Data

Much has been made about the idea that workers are effectively training their own replacements when they work with AI tools, though most employers won’t directly admit to it. Meta has apparently decided to drop all pretenses that isn’t the case. According to a report from Reuters, the company recently sent a memo to employees informing them of new tracking software that will be installed on their computers to track mouse movements and keystrokes in order to help train AI agents to perform specific work tasks. Per the memo seen by Reuters, the surveillance tool (no reason to pretend it’s anything but that) is called Model Capability Initiative, and it will record the screens of employees as they go about their work. In addition, the company will reportedly increase its internal data collection efforts as part of its AI for Work program, which has apparently been renamed the Agent Transformation Accelerator. All of that data will be used to train Meta’s AI models to improve the functionality of its agents, which are meant to operate autonomously and navigate across multiple systems and programs. Per Reuters, Meta’s current agent offerings reportedly struggle to perform certain action