Meta Surveils Employees to Train Its AI & What Happens When You Give Cocaine to Salmon?

Meta’s newest internal program installs keystroke and mouse‑movement monitoring on every work laptop, claiming the data will teach AI agents how real humans navigate software. Employees quickly discovered there is no opt‑out, sparking a wave of angry Slack emojis and public criticism. The move arrives as Meta prepares a 10% global workforce reduction, positioning staff as test subjects for the very models that could replace them. This strategy reflects a broader industry shift toward harvesting employee behavior to overcome the scarcity of high‑quality training data for autonomous AI assistants.

Anthropic’s flagship security‑focused model, Mythos, was unintentionally exposed when a hacker guessed its URL on launch day. Although the intruders reported only playful experimentation, the breach highlights how AI systems capable of exploiting software vulnerabilities can be treated like weapons. With the model’s potential to target critical infrastructure, control over such technology becomes a geopolitical lever, giving the United States a strategic edge as most early adopters are U.S. firms. The incident underscores the urgent need for robust AI‑model security protocols before these tools become standard in cyber‑offense arsenals.

Gas prices in the United States remain markedly lower than in Europe because the federal fuel tax accounts for roughly 16 % of the pump price, versus 50‑60 % abroad. Coupled with the country’s status as the world’s largest oil producer, this tax structure shields American drivers from global price shocks. Meanwhile, Hollywood accounting sparked fresh drama when Warner Bros abandoned a $70 million Looney Tunes film, only for indie distributor Ketchup Entertainment to acquire it for $50 million and schedule a release. The saga illustrates how tax write‑offs and distribution disputes can resurrect shelved projects, while a separate study shows that inclement campus‑tour weather can depress college applications by up to 15 %.