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Title: Meta Lays Off 600 From 'Bloated' AI Unit

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/22/2351...

Meta is laying off about 600 employees from its AI division as part of a
restructuring to streamline operations and solidify Alexandr Wang's
leadership over the company's AI strategy. "Workers across Meta's AI
infrastructure units, Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Research unit
(FAIR) and other product-related positions will be impacted," notes CNBC.
"However, the cuts did not impact employees within TBD Labs, which includes
many of the top-tier AI hires brought into the social media company this
summer." From the report: Those employees, overseen by Wang, were spared by
the layoffs, underscoring Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's bet on his expensive
hires versus the legacy employees, the people said. Within Meta, the AI unit
was considered to be bloated, with teams like FAIR and more product-oriented
groups often vying for computing resources, the people said. When the
company's new hires joined the company to create Superintelligence Labs, it
inherited the oversized Meta AI unit, they said. The layoffs are an attempt
by Meta to continue trim the department and further cement Wang's role in
steering the company's AI strategy. Following the cuts, Meta's
Superintelligence Labs' workforce now sits at just under 3,000, the people
said.

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