Meta is formally ending what amounted to a tokenmaxxing incentive program for employees. In an internal announcement this week, the social media giant told workers that their performance evaluations would no longer be dependent upon how much they used AI tools, three employees who received the message tell WIRED. But as Meta workers simultaneously begin testing a new agentic AI tool known as Hatch, they say their token consumption continues to surge.
\n\nAlmost a year ago, Meta had said workers would be graded on their "AI-driven impact,” which in practice meant evaluating the extent to which they used chatbots and agents to improve their day-to-day work, Business Insider reported at the time. Usage correlated with employees receiving labels such as “AI Native,” “AI First,” or “AI Enabled,” according to a lawsuit filed in July by about two dozen employees arguing that Meta violated US antidiscrimination laws when laying them off in May. (Workers on health and family leaves say they couldn’t accumulate usage and were unfairly penalized as a result; Meta has denied the allegations in the ongoing case.)
\n\nNew guidance for performance reviews unveiled this week replaces references to evaluating employees based on criteria like “usage of AI” and…
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