Meta · CNBC Technology
Earlier this month, Meta unveiled its first major AI model since the costly hiring of Wang
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Like other tech giants, Meta is pushing hard into AI agents that can perform various office and coding-related tasks that are typically accomplished by white-collar workers.
Key facts
- Multiple Meta employees characterized the data-tracking project as "dystopian" in internal messages viewed by CNBC
- The list of third-party sites and services the MCI tool is tracking was widely circulated internally and discussed on chat boards after a member of the Meta Superintelligence Labs, or MSL, sent
- The data gathering project is tied to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's ambitious effort to catch up in generative AI, where the company has lagged behind OpenAI, Anthropic and Google
- WATCH: AI demand metrics are broken and only Anthropic is being realistic
Summary
Google, LinkedIn and Wikipedia are among hundreds of websites and apps where Meta plans to capture employee keystrokes and mouse clicks as part of a project to train its artificial intelligence models, according to internal messages viewed by CNBC. A new employee tracking tool, dubbed Model Capability Initiative (MCI), allows Meta to observe and collect data from staffers' actions on their work computers, Reuters first reported on Tuesday. Meta properties like Threads and Manus are also on the list, which is still in flux and originally included AI apps like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude. The list of third-party sites and services the MCI tool is tracking was widely circulated internally and discussed on chat boards after a member of the Meta Superintelligence Labs, or MSL, sent a memo intended to assuage concerns about worker surveillance and privacy.