Meta to Record Employee Keystrokes for AI Training Data
Original: Meta will record employees’ keystrokes and use it to train its AI models
Why This Matters
Shows tech companies' aggressive pursuit of training data amid AI development competition
Meta plans to capture employee mouse movements and keystrokes to train AI models for everyday computer tasks. The company will use internal tools with safeguards to collect interaction data from certain applications, addressing growing demand for training data in the AI industry.
Meta announced it will record employee keystrokes and mouse movements to train AI models designed to help users complete everyday computer tasks. The company is launching an internal tool to capture user interactions including clicking buttons and navigating dropdown menus on certain applications. A Meta spokesperson stated the models need real examples of how people use computers, with safeguards protecting sensitive content and data used only for training purposes. This follows industry trends of tech companies seeking new training data sources, including reports of startups' corporate communications being used as AI fuel from Slack archives and Jira tickets.