India, June 3 -- Meta Platforms Inc. (META) is scaling back its plans to keep tabs on employees' computer activity following some serious pushback from within the company regarding a program aimed at gathering workplace data for AI training.
This initiative, called the Model Capability Initiative (MCI), was rolled out earlier this year to track things like keystrokes and mouse clicks, all to help train AI to handle computer tasks better. However, it didn't take long for staff to voice their concerns, with over 1,500 employees reportedly signing a petition against it.
In a recent internal memo, Meta shared that employees can now pause data collection for up to 30 minutes at a time and can even ask to be exempt from participating altogether...