Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, lawsuit claims

• A group of 26 Meta employees has sued the company, claiming it used artificial intelligence systems to select people for layoffs, disproportionately targeting those on medical, parental or family leave. • They are among the 8,000 employees, or about 10% of its workforce, Meta said it would lay off in May. • The lawsuit filed late Monday in federal court in Oakland, California, claims the company used internal AI systems, keystroke and activity-monitoring data, AI token-usage dashboards and algorithmically assisted performance rankings, among other methods, to determine who would be laid off.

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• Multiple book publishers including Hachette Book Group sued Google for allegedly stealing 'millions' of copyrighted works in order to train Gemini, its AI model.

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• The Texas Attorney General's office is investigating LinkedIn over claims the platform misleads users and profits from fake or inactive "ghost jobs."

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