US EditionMeta planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount: Reuters
Meta may cut up to 20% of its nearly 79,000 employees to balance AI infrastructure costs and improve efficiency with AI-assisted work, sources said.
- On March 13, Reuters reported that Meta is planning layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company, according to three anonymous sources.
- $600 billion in planned data-centre investment and multibillion acquisitions have led Meta to offset costly AI infrastructure bets and prepare for efficiency from AI-assisted workers.
- It employed nearly 79,000 people as of December 31, and past reductions of 11,000 and 10,000 staffers mark the largest cuts since the 2022–23 'year of efficiency.'
- No date has been set for the cuts, and top executives at Meta recently told senior leaders at Meta to begin planning reductions; Meta did not immediately comment.
- Following setbacks to its Llama 4 models, including the abandoned Behemoth, Meta's Avocado lags expectations, echoing tech layoffs at Block and Amazon this year.
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Indiscretions speak of cuts that could reach up to 20% of the workforce, even if at the moment no official decisions have been announced nor a precise timetable for possible dismissals
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The New York LedgerMeta eyes massive 20% workforce cut as AI infrastructure costs continue to soar across operations: report
Meta is reportedly considering layoffs that could impact up to 20% of its workforce as the company seeks to offset rising artificial intelligence infrastructure costs and improve efficiency.
According to insiders, Meta is testing a possible job reduction of up to 20 percent of the workforce, driven by high AI investments and the goal of more efficient, AI-supported work processes. The company rejects the reports as speculative, while internal measures appear to be already being prepared.
The target plans massive concessions that could affect 20% or more of the company's staff, in the context of green investments in the infrastructure for artificial intelligence and the company's desire to increase efficiency through AI staff, The Guardian has not been established once for staff reductions, and the exact number of those ...
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