Meta is using its own employees' activity to train AI, and laying off 8,000 of them at the same time

Meta is expanding monitoring of employee laptop activity—such as typing, clicking, and screen use—to gather data for AI training.

At the same time, the company is preparing to lay off about 10% of its workforce, or roughly 8,000 employees.

The combination of tighter surveillance and major job cuts has triggered internal backlash and fresh concerns about privacy, workload, and automation.

The move highlights how big tech is using worker behavior to improve AI even as AI reshapes jobs and raises replacement fears.