Watching your clicks

Many organisations have realised that the missing piece in their AI jigsaw is the knowledge and understanding in their employees heads.

Meta is rolling out an internal system that records employees’ mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes and occasional screenshots while they go about their normal work.

Their stated aim is to train AI “agents” that can use computers the way humans do, navigating menus and selecting dropdowns.

Meta insists the data won’t be used for performance reviews and will be limited to work-related apps, at least for their US-based staff where the data protection laws are looser.

It feels disingenuous; do your job well, so the machine can learn how to do it better, faster and 24/7.

In a market where job security is at an all time low, due to the impact of AI, few can say No to the intrusion.

Is this simply a misunderstood psychological contract where organisations can choose what they pay us for, even if it is training our replacement?

Psychological contracts rely on perceived fairness: We trade skills for pay and assume that doing our job well will increased our value and security.

By complying (and you may have little choice) you are worse off, with less security and lower value.

It only takes one person to hand over their knowledge and your knowledge loses value as it has already been acquired.

Is this a trend of treating humans as depreciating assets?
How much do you trust your employer?

SOURCE

https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-new-ai-tool-tracks-staff-activity-sparks-concern-2026-4