Meta lets algorithm pick 60 employees to fire

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This another step in the move to embrace 'black box' AI procedures
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This another step in the move to embrace 'black box' AI procedures

The staff had no warning and no-one to appeal to - all video calls were anonymised.

Facebook parent Meta has randomly terminated 60 workers using an algorithm. The contract employees were working for Meta via Accenture's Texas branch, according a Business Insider report. Acc...

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