Leaked Audio Reveals Zuckerberg Training AI by Monitoring All Employee Computer Activity

What was said

"The AI models learn from having real—from watching really smart people do things. And if you're trying to get it to be able to do certain capabilities, having it be able to observe really smart people doing those things is very important."

Leaked audio from a Meta all-hands meeting revealed Mark Zuckerberg is tracking all employee device activity to train AI systems by observing how highly skilled workers perform tasks. The disclosure came alongside the announcement of 8,000 layoffs representing 10% of Meta's global workforce. While Zuckerberg claimed the layoffs were about choosing between employee costs and AI data center investments rather than direct AI replacement, employees interpreted the monitoring as preparation to replace them with AI trained on their own work.