Meta Mandates Keystroke and Mouse Tracking of All U.S. Employees to Train AI Agents

Reuters / Hacker News (674pts)·high signal

Reuters broke that Meta is deploying 'Model Capability Initiative' (MCI) software on all U.S. employee work computers to capture mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, and periodic screenshots. The data will train AI agents to perform white-collar tasks autonomously — navigating dropdown menus, using keyboard shortcuts, and executing multi-step workflows. Meta says data won't be used for performance evaluations, but internal pushback is intense. The story hit 674 points on HN with 449 comments and a separate 96-point Business Insider thread detailing employee alarm.