Meta scales back employee keystroke tracking after backlash
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· 3 sourcesMeta is scaling back its controversial Model Capability Initiative (MCI) tracking system, which monitored employee keystrokes and mouse movements for AI training, following internal backlash. According to multiple reports, the company now allows workers to pause data collection for up to 30 minutes at a time and request exemptions, though critics argue this is insufficient. The program, which launched last April, drew criticism from staff concerned about workplace surveillance, leading to what Meta described as "several optimizations."
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Summary
Meta is scaling back its controversial Model Capability Initiative (MCI) tracking system after employee backlash. The system, which tracked keystrokes, mouse movements, and other inputs to train AI models, will now allow workers to pause tracking for up to 30 minutes and request exemptions. The decision follows internal pushback and what the company describes as "several optimizations" to the program that launched last April.
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· 1 pulledStephane Kasriel, the Vice President of Meta's AI model-building Superintelligence Labs unit who wrote the memo, said that the team remains 'confiden
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