Meta is installing tracking software on employees’ computers to capture mouse movements and keystrokes for AI agent training

The move, disclosed in an internal memo seen by Reuters, is framed as a way to teach AI agents how humans navigate software. Critics say it is workplace surveillance under a different name.

Meta is installing new tracking software on US-based employees’ work computers to capture mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, and occasional screenshots, which will be fed into the company’s AI model training pipeline, Reuters has reported.

The tool, called the Model Capability Initiative, was disclosed to staff this week in a memo distributed via a channel belonging to the Meta Superintelligence Labs team.

According to Reuters, which saw the memo, it will run on a designated list of work apps and websites. Staff were told they can “do their part to help by just doing their daily work.”

Meta’s stated rationale is that building agents capable of navigating software on behalf of users requires training data drawn ...