Meta to Use Employee Keystroke and Mouse Data to Train AI Models

According to TechCrunch, Meta has developed an internal tool that captures employee mouse movements and button clicks and converts that interaction data into training material for its AI models. The report indicates that keystrokes are also being recorded as part of this initiative. Meta has not disclosed further technical specifics about how the captured data integrates into its broader model training pipelines. The story was originally reported by TechCrunch.

SpaceX in Partnership Talks with Cursor, Holds $60B Buyout Option

TechCrunch reports that SpaceX is actively working with AI coding assistant startup Cursor and holds an option to acquire the company at a valuation of $60 billion. According to the report, the potential deal could address complementary gaps at both organizations. TechCrunch notes that neither Cursor nor xAI — Elon Musk's AI venture — currently has proprietary models that are considered competitive with leading offerings from Anthropic and OpenAI, both of which are also entering the developer tooling market and competing directly with Cursor. Full details of the partnership structure have not been publicly disclosed. The story was originally reported by TechCrunch.

NeoCognition Raises $40M Seed Round to Build Human-Like Learning AI Agents

AI research lab NeoCognition has closed a $40 million seed funding round, according to TechCrunch. The startup, founded by a researcher from Ohio State University, is focused on developing AI agents capable of acquiring expertise across any domain by learning in a manner modeled after human cognition. TechCrunch describes the company's core research goal as building agents that can generalize and deepen knowledge over time, rather than relying solely on static pre-training. No specific investors or a timeline for a public product release were mentioned in the report. The story was originally reported by TechCrunch.

Those are the key AI industry developments for April 22, 2026. Check back tomorrow for the next roundup.