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Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data
The Model Capability Initiative will record clicks, typing and screenshots from selected work apps to improve AI agents, Meta said.
- On Tuesday, Meta launched the Model Capability Initiative, installing software on U.S. employees' work computers to capture mouse movements, keystrokes, and screen snapshots to train AI models for everyday computer tasks.
- Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said the company needs "real examples" of how people use computers, as current AI models struggle with basic tasks like navigating dropdown menus and using keyboard shortcuts.
- Stone assured staff that collected data will not be used for performance assessments, with safeguards protecting sensitive content and software running only on designated work applications and websites.
- CEO Mark Zuckerberg committed up to $135 billion in capital expenditure for 2026, positioning Meta to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic in the race to deploy autonomous AI agents.
- Meta recently acquired Moltbook, a social networking platform for AI agents, with founders Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr joining Meta Superintelligence Labs to develop next-generation AI experiences.
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Meta to track its employees’ clicks, keystrokes to train AI
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