Meta investigates security issues in employee mouse tracking tool

Meta is reviewing security concerns tied to an internal mouse-tracking technology. The system tracks employee activity and supports AI training. The company plans to pause the employee-tracking program.

The technology in question monitors mouse movements among staff. It has also been used to help develop AI models.

Meta is examining potential security risks associated with the tool. Officials have decided to halt the tracking program while the review continues.

The pause comes as the company addresses internal concerns over data handling and employee monitoring practices.

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Illustration of Meta's data leak involving employee tracking program, showing a computer with data spilling out.
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Meta pauses employee tracking program after data leak

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Meta has paused its Model Capability Initiative after sensitive employee data was exposed internally. The program tracks workers' keystrokes and mouse movements to train AI models. Company officials said they are investigating the incident.

Meta workers have begun circulating flyers at US offices to protest a company program that tracks their mouse movements and keystrokes. The initiative aims to train AI models but has sparked concerns among employees about surveillance and job security.

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Meta is deploying software on US employees' work computers to monitor keystrokes, clicks, mouse movements, and screenshots in work apps for AI training data. Internal memos reveal no opt-out option, sparking employee discomfort, as the company invests billions in AI while cutting thousands of jobs.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced during the company's first-quarter earnings call that it is developing personal AI agents for its smart glasses and business use. The agents aim to help users achieve personal goals and assist entrepreneurs. This builds on the newly released Muse Spark model from Meta's AI lab.

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More than 70 civil liberties and advocacy organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, have called on Meta to scrap facial recognition plans for its Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses. The groups warn the 'Name Tag' feature could empower stalkers, abusers, and law enforcement to silently identify people, endangering abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ individuals.

Hackers exploited Meta's AI support chatbot to take over Instagram accounts by tricking it into changing associated email addresses. The vulnerability allowed password resets without two-factor authentication after matching locations via VPN. Meta resolved the issue with an emergency patch on May 29.

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Workers paid to train advanced AI models are increasingly relying on chatbots like ChatGPT to generate the required conversations and tests. This shortcut, described as widespread by multiple sources, risks degrading the quality of future models through recursive training on synthetic data.

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