… It’s also the leading driver of an employee unionization effort at Meta’s UK offices. “The workplace surveillance and training AI models is the number one thing,” says Eleanor Payne, a representative of United Tech and Allied Workers, which is helping organize Meta employees. …
… Opting out is not possible, according to three employees. “Nobody is happy about it,” says a current employee. “And we have no choice.” Some employees claim they have found work-arounds to dodge tracking or have managed to delay installation. …
… Employees also have been frustrated by being “drafted” onto a new AI team without any choice and the rollout of surveillance software that tracks US workers’ laptop use to train AI models. …
… An employee had assigned the agent to analyze a technical question posted to an internal forum by another staffer. …
… The move comes after Meta made widespread cuts to its Reality Labs division in February, laying off 10 percent of employees in its VR department. …
… It is shared with AI companies, their employees, hackers, subpoenas, and governments. …
… This week, the company is letting go of roughly 10 percent of its workforce, which is about 8,000 employees total. …