Meta is installing new tracking software on U.S.-based employees’ computers ​to capture mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes for use in training its artificial intelligence models, part of a broad initiative to build AI agents ‌that can perform work tasks autonomously, the company told staffers in internal memos seen by Reuters.

  • Prove_your_argument@piefed.social
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    1 day ago

    Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, now they will literally have performance metrics for all employees. Prepare to see non-executive white collar jobs turn into minimum wage slogfests where you’re pruned if even 10% of your time is idle.

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      9 hours ago

      well they won’t literally have performance metrics. they’ll have data that they will use as performance metrics. important distinction

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      Hehe that’s funny you think this is performance metrics and not just training AI agents to do the work without having to pay a human.