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

Twenty-six former employees of Meta Platforms have filed a lawsuit accusing the company of using AI-powered software that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or those who took medical leave in selecting workers for mass layoffs. Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, former employees' lawsuit claims
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By Daniel Wiessner

July 14 (Reuters) - Twenty-six former employees of Meta Platforms have filed a lawsuit against the company, accusing it of using AI-powered software that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities, or who took medical leave, in selecting people for mass layoffs.

Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

(Reporting by Daniel Wiessner in Albany, New York; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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