Meta has been accused of using AI bias in mass removals

A group of 26 former Meta employees are suing the company, alleging it used AI tools to target workers on furloughs and layoffs. was already said by Reuters. In a caseThe employees say Meta determined which employees to fire based on data collected by a “constellation” of internal AI tools, but failed to exclude those on parental or medical leave from its processes:

The result was that the employees who took the protected pages were randomly selected for dismissal, based on a score that not only failed to count their protected pages, but also to punish the employees for exercising their legal rights on these pages.

The layoffs cited in the lawsuit took place in May as part of Meta’s downsizing plans 10 percent of its employeesor about 8,000 workers. Former Meta employees say the company used an internal AI assistant, called MetamateAIs trained by employees, internal dashboards that display AI token usage, and other tools to “win, rank, and select employees to join the layoff list.”

The lawsuit accuses Meta of violating federal and state laws that prohibit employers from terminating employees for taking protected leave. “These allegations are baseless and have no basis in reality,” Meta spokeswoman Tracy Clayton said. Seaside. “Employee management and organizational decisions are made by humans, not AI.”