Meta begins collecting employee mouse movements and keystrokes as AI training data.
Meta, the company that operates Facebook and Instagram, is reportedly planning to install new tracking software on the computers of its employees in the United States to capture their mouse movements, clicks, and keystrokes, and use this data to train its AI.
Exclusive: Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data | Reuters
Meta will record employees' keystrokes and use it to train its AI models | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/21/meta-will-record-employees-keystrokes-and-use-it-to-train-its-ai-models/
According to an internal memo obtained by Reuters, a tool called 'Model Capability Initiative (MCI)' that Meta is having employees install will operate on work-related apps and websites and take snapshots of the content on employees' screens.
MCI aims to improve AI in areas that are difficult to replicate through human-computer interaction, such as selecting from dropdown menus or using keyboard shortcuts. An internal memo states, 'All Meta employees can contribute to improving our models simply by performing their daily tasks.'
Reuters reports that Meta has informed its employees that the tool is part of a broader effort to build AI agents that can autonomously perform work tasks.
A Meta spokesperson confirmed to Reuters that MCI data is used as input for AI training, emphasizing that data collected through MCI will not be used for performance evaluation or any other purpose other than model training, and that security measures are in place to protect 'sensitive content.'
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In another memo, Meta's CTO, Andrew Bosworth, stated that Meta is informing employees about the 'Agent Transformation Accelerator,' which will enhance internal data collection as part of its 'AI for Work' initiative.
In the memo, Bosworth is reported to have said, 'Our goal is for agents to primarily perform the tasks, with our role becoming one of directing, reviewing, and supporting improvements. The goal is for agents to automatically recognize where we feel we need to intervene, so that they can do a better job next time.'
A spokesperson for Meta told the IT news site TechCrunch: 'When developing agents that use computers to help people with their everyday tasks, the models need concrete examples of how people actually use computers, such as mouse movements, button clicks, and dropdown menu interactions. So we are introducing an internal tool to collect this input data on specific applications to help train the models. Security measures are in place to protect the sensitive content, and the data will not be used for any other purpose.'
TechCrunch commented, 'This trend seems to highlight the troubling privacy issues facing the AI industry, as what was once internal communication is now becoming raw material for a new corporate supply chain.'
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