Meta forced engineers into AI training. Now it's giving some a way out
4 hours ago
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- #AI Training
- #Employee Policy
- Meta reverses its policy of forcing engineers to join an AI training task force, now deferring to individual choice.
- Previously, 7,000 employees were reassigned to units like the Applied AI task force to train Meta's AI models.
- An internal memo states personal agency remains central; employees leaving the task force will receive preferential placement elsewhere due to staffing shortages.
- The task force faced backlash, with some employees comparing the work to data labeling and calling the policy reversal an "undraft."
- Morale at Meta is reportedly at a historic low, following layoffs of 8,000 people in May and concerns raised by the chief technology officer.