Meta is scaling back an employee monitoring tool used for AI training after facing backlash from workers. According to an internal memo obtained by The Information, the company has decided to update the Model Capability Initiative (MCI), narrowing the scope of behavioral data collection and enhancing privacy protections.
MCI was launched in April and records mouse movements, clicks, navigation, and screen captures on employee work computers to train AI to operate computers like a human. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that AI models...