Tech Takeover: Meta to track workers to train AI

Tech Takeover: Meta to track workers to train AI

Author: Newstalk April 22, 2026 Duration: 8:33

For this week’s Tech Takeover, Jess Kelly, Newstalk’s Technology Correspondent joins Shane to discuss why Meta is using tracking technology on its workers, including mouse clicks and keystrokes, to train AI models…


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