Meta Used Its Own Flawed AI to Pick Which Employees to Lay Off, Lawsuit Claims

A lawsuit filed by 26 Meta employees alleges that the company used an internal AI system called Checkpoint to select workers for layoffs based on opaque productivity metrics, disproportionately affecting those on maternity, medical, or family leave. Plaintiffs claim the AI failed to account for protected leaves and that some were discouraged from taking such leave due to fears it would harm their job security. Meta disputes these claims, stating that human managers, not AI, made workforce and re