The Stasi Took Decades. Meta Took A Week.
Meta installed monitoring software on every U.S. employee laptop — keystrokes, clicks, periodic screenshots — to train AI agents that will replicate white-collar work. CTO Andrew Bosworth confirmed there is no opt-out. The same week, Meta confirmed 8,000 layoffs.
Episode 1.50 · 9:56 · YPO Technology Network AI Brief
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Meta installed monitoring software on every U.S. employee laptop — keystrokes, clicks, periodic screenshots — to train AI agents that will replicate white-collar work. CTO Andrew Bosworth confirmed there is no opt-out. The same week, Meta confirmed 8,000 layoffs.
Europe blocked the program at the border under GDPR. The United States did not. Stephen unpacks the deeper question every CEO is about to face: every company building internal AI agents needs proprietary training data. Where does yours come from?
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