Meta drops AI token counts from engineer reviews after employees game usage metrics
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-03
Per The Information, Meta is removing AI token counts from engineer performance reviews after employees began gaming the usage metrics.
Meta insists this isn't a push to use AI less — it still says 93% of code changes are now assisted by AI agents. The metric being gamed enough to warrant removal highlights the pitfalls of treating AI adoption as a KPI.
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