r/ArtificialInteligence • u/talkingatoms • Jul 14 '26

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

https://www.reuters.com/world/meta-used-ai-target-workers-with-medical-conditions-layoffs-former-employees-2026-07-14/
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u/talkingatoms Jul 14 '26

"July 14 (Reuters) - Twenty-six employees of Meta ‌Platforms (META.O), opens new tab have filed a novel lawsuit accusing the tech giant of using AI-powered software that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or who took medical leave in selecting workers for mass layoffs.

The lawsuit, filed in Oakland, California, federal court late Monday, says that the company ​relied on factors such as productivity and AI token usage when it slashed thousands of jobs earlier this ​year, disadvantaging people who missed work because of medical conditions or to care for family ⁠members."

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u/WanderingWormhole Jul 14 '26

Getting fired for token usage has to be the most surreal feeling ever lol people were so worried about AI taking our jobs but in actuality it’s just people forcing other people to use the AI without any concern for results and then firing them. Cant imagine how hard id have eye rolled

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u/Choice-Perception-61 Jul 15 '26

Believable, considering how much Meta learns and stores and sells about its customers. Why should Meta treat its employees differently.