Gaming: Breaking: Would you quit? Meta will put keyloggers on employee PCs for AI training
Meta is also planning more layoffs as it spends billions on AI. Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Unlock instant access to exclusive member features. Get full access to premium articles, exclusive features and a growing list of member rewards. It's best to assume that nothing you do on a work-issued PC is private. But is there no limit? No breaking point where people start throwing their laptops out of windows and joining Watch Dogs-esque hacktivist groups? Meta sure seems to be looking for it. Reuters reports that the Facebook, VR, and now AI company will track US-based employees' "mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes" on "work-related apps and websites" for the purpose of AI training. It will also take screenshots, according to the report. A Meta spokesperson told Reuters that the company will somehow exclude "sensitive content" and won't use the data for performance evaluations. Rather, their AI models "need real examples" of people using computers for everyday tasks in order to automate them. If I were a Meta employee, I'd take this to mean that the company thinks I can be replaced by a robot that I was forced to train. Meta has pledged to spend $600 billion on AI by 2028, and according to another Reuters report, plans to lay off nearly 8,000 employees in May.
Source: PC Gamer