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Summary
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 executive is about to face: every company building internal AI agents needs proprietary training data. Where does yours come from?
Three takeaways for your leadership team:
- Write the one-page workplace-monitoring policy now, before a vendor pitches the line and HR has to react in a meeting.
- Route this to the CHRO, not the CIO. It is a labor question wearing an IT costume.
- Map your proprietary workflow data this quarter. The cost curve on observation has collapsed; the question is what you will not ask for at any price.
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