Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data

Must ReadScience & TechnologyMeta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training dataBy Reuters -Apr 22, 2026NEW YORK: Meta is installing new tracking software on U.S.-based employees’ computers to capture mouse movements, clicks and ​keystrokes for use in training its artificial intelligence models, part of a broad initiative to build AI agents that can perform work tasks autonomously, the company told staffers in ‌internal memos seen by Reuters. The tool, called Model Capability Initiative (MCI), will run on work-related apps and websites and will also take occasional snapshots of the content on employees’ screens, according to one of the memos, posted by a staff AI research scientist on Tuesday in a channel for the company’s model-building Meta SuperIntelligence Labs team. The purpose, according to the memo, was to improve the company’s AI models in areas where they struggle to replicate how humans interact with computers, like choosing from dropdown menus ​and using keyboard shortcuts. “This is where all Meta employees can help our models get better simply by doing their daily work,” it said. The Facebook and Instagram owner has been moving aggressively to ​integrate AI into its workflows and reshape its workforce around the technology, arguing it will make the company operate more efficiently. Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth told employees ⁠in a separate memo shared on Monday that the company would step up internal data collection as part of those “AI for Work” efforts, now re-branded as Agent Transformation Accelerator (ATA). “The vision we are building towards is ​one where our agents primarily do the work and our role is to direct, review and help them improve,” Bosworth said. The aim, he added, was for agents to “automatically see where we felt the need to intervene ​so they can be better next time.” Bosworth did not explicitly spell out how those agents would be trained, but said Meta would be “rigorous” about “building up data and ev...