# Meta will start tracking the way employees work, including their keystrokes and mouse clicks.

*genai · news · 2026-04-21 · BBC News*

## Key points

- Meta will log employee keystrokes and mouse activity to train its AI models.
- This activity tracking is now specifically for AI training, not general monitoring as before.
- Meta's Model Capability Initiative tool collects employee interaction data with safeguards for sensitive content.
- Meta is scaling AI spending to $140bn by 2026 and recently acquired Scale AI for over $14bn.
- Meta's job listings dropped from about 800 in March to just seven, indicating a deeper hiring freeze.

**Companies:** Meta
**Countries:** United States

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