Meta pauses AI training program tracking employee keystrokes after internal leak

The program, aimed at training models to understand human-computer interaction, collected detailed telemetry from Meta employees without broad awareness. The leak raised privacy concerns, leading to an immediate halt and internal investigation. Critics argue that workplace surveillance for AI training blurs ethical lines and may violate employee trust. Meta stated the data was anonymized and used only for research, but the incident highlights growing tensions between corporate AI ambitions and worker privacy. The pause may delay Meta's workplace AI projects.