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Meta is cutting 8,000 jobs to pay for AI. It is also asking the survivors to train their replacements.

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Meta is cutting 8,000 jobs to pay for AI. It is also asking the survivors to train their replacements.
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Summary: Meta is cutting approximately 8,000 employees (10% of its workforce) beginning 20 May, cancelling 6,000 open roles, and planning additional cuts for H2 2026. The layoffs, announced via an internal memo from HR head Janelle Gale, are structural rather than performance-based, reorganising teams into AI-focused “pods” while Meta spends $115-135 billion on AI infrastructure […]
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