Meta paused AI training on employee keystrokes after data was 'put in a place it wasn't supposed to go:' CTO

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Andrew Bosworth, chief technology officer and head of Reality Labs at Meta Platforms Inc., during the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025.
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth shared new details about a data leak from its AI training program.

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Inside the strange side hustle of teaching AI to think like a lawyer

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When arbitrator Jessica Crutcher logs off after a day of hearing disputes, she starts a graveyard shift training AI models.

Meta pauses an AI training program that tracks employees' keystrokes after an internal leak

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the US Capitol, wearing a red tie and blue suit jacket.
Meta founder, chairman, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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This startup wants to pay for your email and photos to train AI — and it's on an acquisition spree

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Mode Inc CEO Dan Novaes and tech chief Kiran Panesar.
Mode Inc CEO Dan Novaes and tech chief Kiran Panesar.

Mode Inc

This startup wants to clean your dirty dishes and clutter to help train AI

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A person washes a mug with a cartoon lion on it over a sink as water runs.
Shift is offering limited-time free cleanings, with workers recording their tasks to train AI.

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Meta employees are up in arms over a mandatory program to train AI on their mouse movements and keystrokes

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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Voracious demand for robotics training data is transforming gig work

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An Instawork Pro recording his activities

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LinkedIn is quietly moving into the AI training business

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LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky.
LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky.

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This AI company is hiring improv actors — and willing to pay them $74 an hour

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A sample video posted on Handshake AI's job listing shows two actors recording themselves while talking and acting out a scene
Handshake AI is offering actors $74 an hour for a project with "one of the leading AI companies."

Handshake AI

Meta-backed Scale AI is taking the Department of Defense to court. Some docs are expected to be classified.

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Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang speaks at a Congressional hearing, July 2023
Alexandr Wang cofounded Scale AI. But he's about to become a very expensive hire at Meta.

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