Meta will track its employees’ keystrokes, clicks and mouse movements — and even capture screenshots of what’s on their computer screens — to help train the company’s AI models. That’s according to a Reuters report on Tuesday, citing an internal memo sent to workers.
According to the memo, Meta will install a new software program called the Model Capability Initiative on the computers of US-based employees and contractors. The tracking software will operate on work-related apps and websites and is part of Meta’s plan to build AI agents that can do tasks autonomously.
The announcement, published in its entirety by Business Insider, said that monitored apps and URLs would include Gmail, GChat and Metamate, an employee AI assistant. Workers’ phones would not be included in the tracking.
Business Insider reported that Meta employees were “up in arms” about the plan to use tracking software.
On an internal communications website seen by the news outlet, one employee
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