Meta to cut around 600 roles in Superintelligence Labs AI unit
Meta is cutting 600 jobs, about 20% of its Superintelligence Labs workforce, to reduce inefficiencies and speed decision-making, while continuing AI investments, company said.
- On Wednesday, Meta Platforms announced cutting 600 jobs in its Superintelligence Labs, with Alexandr Wang saying the move aims to streamline decision-making.
- Facing organizational bloat, Alexandr Wang said reducing team size after a hiring spree led by Mark Zuckerberg and a $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI will speed decisions and increase impact.
- Among divisions hit were FAIR, product-related AI and AI infrastructure teams, while the TBD Lab with its "few dozen" researchers remains unaffected and the Superintelligence Labs workforce sits just under 3,000.
- Placed on a non-working notice period, affected employees had internal access removed, some were told Nov. 21 will be their termination date, and Meta offered severance of 16 weeks plus two weeks per year.
- Following a $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI, Meta signaled rising AI-related expenses while planning up to $10b in spending this year to compete with rivals OpenAI and Google.
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Meta is cutting roughly 600 positions in its artificial intelligence unit, in a reorganization of its workforce to better compete in the global AI race.
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Conservative AngleMeta cuts 600 jobs amid AI expansion push — as automation replaces human staff
Meta is cutting around 600 jobs within its artificial intelligence unit, a move it says aims to boost efficiency.The layoffs to Meta's Superintelligence Labs division, which has nearly 3,000 employees, come as the company's efforts to lean into AI had become overly bureaucratic, and the social media giant hopes the cuts will produce a more efficient workflow, an internal memo showed, according to Axios."By reducing the size of our team, fewer co…
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, is cutting 600 posts in its artificial intelligence division (AI), a measure aimed at optimizing operations after an aggressive recruitment wave, reported U.S. media on Wednesday. The cuts will not affect TBD Lab, a unit set up by Meta’s executive director, Mark Zuckreberg, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and other media. Lab staff quickly increased thanks to the signing of …
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