Reports indicate Meta tracked internal employee activity through its 'Model Capability Initiative' to train AI models
Multiple reports surfaced alleging that Meta's 'Model Capability Initiative' monitored and collected data on internal employee workflows and activities to train AI models, coinciding with significant layoffs across the company.
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Several current and former Meta employees corroborated the existence of internal monitoring programs through anonymous interviews with major tech publications.
Meta's official response characterized employee monitoring as standard productivity tooling used across the tech industry, denying that it was specifically designed for AI training data collection.
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