Key facts
- Meta's AI tool, Model Capability Initiative (MCI), captures emails and chats between U.S. employees and European colleagues.
- This data capture may violate the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
- The MCI tool is used for training AI agents by capturing keystrokes, mouse clicks, and screen contents.
- Employees have raised concerns about the tool's scope and potential privacy violations.
Meta's development of its AI training tool, Model Capability Initiative (MCI), has led to significant employee backlash due to privacy concerns. The tool, intended to capture employee work activities, is now under scrutiny for potentially collecting data from EU residents, which could contravene the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This situation highlights the tension between AI development and data privacy regulations.