Meta planned to cut some teams by 60% and replace the work with AI
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Read full postMeta planned to replace much of its workforce with AI agents, aiming to cut some teams by up to 60%, but abandoned the most aggressive cuts when the technology fell short. The company proceeded with a 10% staff reduction in May and reassigned 7,000 employees to AI-related roles, canceling a second planned wave of layoffs.
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