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@arstechnica@mastodon.social 9 hours ago

Lawsuit claims Meta's layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans

Meta denies using AI to terminate workers with disabilities and medical problems.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/lawsuit-claims-metas-layoff-decisions-were-made-by-ai-not-humans/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Ars Technica

Lawsuit claims Meta's layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans

Meta denies using AI to terminate workers with disabilities and medical problems.

Travis Scott

@WheresMyWater@mastodon.world 59 minutes ago

@arstechnica net zero people are no longer using anything Meta owns in protest. No regard for principle.

David Raygoza Gómez

@hashraydamon@me.dm 7 hours ago

@arstechnica Given how facebook's (in) human resources department is, wouldn't it be funny if they are make the fall guys of the ai?

sleeve98

@sleeve98@mastodon.social 9 hours ago

@arstechnica
I don't think it was either "people" or "AI" that made the layoff "decisions," it was math. Employees were ranked according to how their arbitrary productivity metrics were washed through an arbitrary "performance" algorithm. The (naturally arbitrary) *results* of their little equation were literally what made the decision for them, no further consideration necessary.
Yet another indication that Meta has a serious problem with values, or rather, revealing what they really are.