Meta used AI workplace tools to target employees on medical leave, lawsuit alleges

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Bloomberg/Getty Images Twenty-six employees sued Meta, saying it used AI systems to help select workers for layoffs. The lawsuit says AI usage metrics penalized workers who took medical, parental, or disability leave. A Meta spokesperson said that the "claims lack merit and are not based on facts." Meta used AI-powered workplace systems to penalize employees for taking medical and parental leave and then selected them for layoffs, according to allegations in a new…