internal security issue<\/a> exposed potentially sensitive data collected through the initiative to other workers.<\/p>\n\u201cWe have carefully designed this program with privacy safeguards and while we have no indication at this time that any data was improperly accessed by Meta employees, we’re pausing it while we investigate,\u201d says company spokesperson Tracy Clayton.<\/p>\n
Meta rolled out the Model Compatibility Initiative (MCI) tool in April to US employees. The tool \u201ccollects computer inputs such as mouse movements, click locations and keystrokes, as well as screen content,\u201d according to workers who have been petitioning against it over privacy, security, and personal liberty concerns. When MCI first launched, employees couldn\u2019t opt out, but that changed to a limited degree after workers protested.<\/p>\n
Meta executives have repeatedly defended the data-gathering project, saying it was necessary to train AI systems to operate computer software the way humans do and that employees were the best examples for the artificial intelligence to learn from.<\/p>\n
On Monday, a Meta engineer issued an internal security notice stating that databases filled with information gathered by MCI had been exposed to anyone inside the company.<\/p>\n
A former employee actively involved in pushing back against MCI describes the lapse as \u201ca mess\u201d \u2014and one that employees had expected would occur. \u201cWhen workers raised concerns, leadership doubled down and failed to acknowledge the risks workers raised about the safety and privacy of worker and customer data,\u201d the person says. \u201cLeadership has clearly created an authoritarian environment where workers are no longer respected or heard.\u201d<\/p>\n
But after critical comments poured into internal forums on Monday expressing frustration about the security issue, Meta shocked some of its staff by pausing MCI altogether, telling WIRED about the development before announcing it to employees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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