Meta, Global Job Cuts
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The job cuts come as the company pushes for massive AI spending and plans to transition thousands of jobs toward AI initiatives.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta on Wednesday kicked off a major bloodbath with 8,000 layoffs – among the largest in the social media giant’s history – as a disruptive shift toward artificial intelligence continues to roil the tech giant.
On Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) raised concerns about artificial intelligence and job security after Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) laid off roughly 8,000 employees while accelerating its multibillion-dollar AI expansion.
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As mass layoffs hit Meta, employees create radio station streaming AI music to cope with situation
Meta employees facing thousands of layoffs have reportedly found an unusual way to cope. An employee is said to have created an AI-generated radio station that plays songs about job cuts, workplace anxiety and awkward HR calls inside the company.
Nearly 80,000 Meta employees are headed into a bleak and gloomy week, as the tech giant announced it would be slashing its global workforce by 10%, laying off nearly 8,000 people total as the use of AI ramps up.
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Meta is restructuring its workforce around artificial intelligence, shifting thousands of workers into AI roles while flattening management layers and cutting jobs.