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Meta Streamlines AI Operations with 600 Job Cuts, Focuses on Superintelligence

Meta is cutting 600 positions across its AI research and infrastructure teams to streamline decision-making and boost efficiency. The company reportedly aims to redeploy most affected employees internally while continuing to hire for its experimental TBD Lab unit as it pursues superintelligence development.

Strategic Restructuring in Meta’s AI Division

Meta Platforms is eliminating approximately 600 roles within its artificial intelligence units as part of a broader restructuring effort to enhance operational agility, according to an internal memo obtained by Axios. The job cuts reportedly target the company’s Fundamental AI Research (FAIR), product-related AI, and AI infrastructure teams while sparing the newly established TBD Lab experimental unit.

by Julian Trent
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Meta Restructures AI Division with Hundreds of Layoffs Following Aggressive Hiring

Meta is cutting approximately 600 roles from its AI Superintelligence lab, according to reports. The move comes months after an aggressive hiring spree led by Mark Zuckerberg to secure top AI talent. Company executives maintain that superintelligence remains a top priority despite the restructuring.

Major Workforce Reduction in AI Unit

Meta Platforms is eliminating approximately 600 positions from its artificial intelligence division, specifically targeting its Superintelligence lab, according to reports from Axios. The significant workforce reduction comes despite CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s personal involvement in an aggressive hiring campaign earlier this year that offered multi-year contracts worth up to $1 billion to attract top AI talent.

by Oliver Keaton