Employee PC Surveillance

Meta has made the Model Capability Initiative (MCI) mandatory on work PCs for US employees, collecting mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, and periodic screenshots.

• No opt-out: It cannot be excluded on company-issued laptops, and the collected data goes directly into the AI agent training pipeline.
• The purpose is to help models better learn actual computer-use behaviors such as navigating dropdown menus, using keyboard shortcuts, and handling multi-step tasks.
• Meta explained that it does not read files or attachments, screen content is masked during training, and access to raw data is managed with very limited permissions.

This move is tied to an industry-wide race to secure interactive work data. OpenAI has had contractors upload real work documents, and several companies are selling operational data like Slack, Jira, and email to AI companies.

Internal backlash has also been significant. Employees have raised concerns about both surveillance and the possibility of further layoffs, and CTO Andrew Bosworth stated flatly that "there is no opt out on company-provided laptops."

In Europe, such surveillance is likely to face stronger labor and privacy regulations, so Meta is running this rollout limited to the US.