'We're in a phase where…': Mark Zuckerberg's purported leaked audio suggests Meta tracked employees to train AI
More than 1,000 employees signed a petition after leaked audio showed the company using worker computer activity to train AI models.
- Meta began laying off 10 percent of its workforce this week, affecting nearly 8,000 employees worldwide, amid controversy over a leaked internal audio discussing a new artificial intelligence data tracking program.
- Fliers appeared on office walls Wednesday urging workers to sign a petition to stop the data collection after The New York Times reported earlier this month that employees "revolted" against the program.
- CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended the program in leaked audio, asserting the company's engineers are "significantly higher than the average." More than 1,000 employees signed the halt petition.
- On Monday, employees learned 7,000 workers will be reassigned to help develop AI tools, while Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth confirmed there is no option to opt out of monitoring on corporate laptops.
- Meta is investing $125 billion to $145 billion on technology, creating fears employees' expertise will be used to replace them. Independent adviser Chen Avnery stated, "Every company is training AI on their employees.
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'Meta said it out loud': Leaked audio catches damning Mark Zuckerberg admission to staff
Meta employees reported Wednesday that in the company’s offices on the day mass layoffs hit thousands of their colleagues, fliers were taped to walls urging workers to sign a petition in support of stopping the company’s new artificial intelligence data tracking program—which CEO Mark Zuckerberg tou...
In 'leaked' audio from Meta townhall, CEO Mark Zuckerberg tells employees: Meta intentionally kept staff in the dark because…
Tech News News: Days before Meta started laying off 8,000 people, Mark Zuckerberg gathered his employees for an all-hands meeting and told them something the company .
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