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Meta’s AI-enhanced layoffs of 8,000 workers focused on disabled workers and those who took protected medical or family leaves, says a lawsuit filed by 26 workers who were selected for layoffs. Meta used internal AI tools to select employees for layoffs, according to a complaint was filed yesterday by 26 “Doe” plaintiffs in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.
“Meta did not assemble the termination list through a deliberate decision by managers who knew the job. Instead, Meta used a constellation of internal intelligence systems—including a system called ‘Metamate,’ employee-trained assistants ‘second brain’, keystroke- and activity-monitoring data, AI-dashboarded performance and calibration algorithms—to recruit, promote, and select employees to join the list,” the lawsuit said.
Employees are said to have been left behind, in part, by how they use Meta’s AI tools. “Meta’s internal dashboards ranked employees based on their use of its artificial intelligence tools, using categories such as ‘AI Native,’ ‘AI First’ and ‘AI Enabled,'” the lawsuit said.
