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Meta employees sue over use of AI in workforce reduction
Meta employees sued the company for using AI to target workers who took protected leave during a 10% workforce reduction. The plaintiffs claim an AI system, including 'Metamate' and activity-monitoring tools, disproportionately selected employees on leave for layoffs by penalizing their absence from performance metrics.
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