Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees in an internal memo on Wednesday that he does not expect more company-wide layoffs this year, according to a copy of the memo seen by Reuters.
Meta kicked off a bloodbath round of 8,000 layoffs – among the largest in the social media giant's history – amid a broader shift toward artificial intelligence.
The company told staff last month it would lay off around 8,000 people in a move to ‘offset' its heavy investments.
The cuts of roughly 8,000 jobs, or 10% of staff, are meant to offset the cost of the company's AI investments
Meta reported this morning it fired 8,000 employees to effectively become more “efficient” with AI. Translation: Someone has to pay for all those GPUs.
Meta has begun sending layoff emails to roughly 10% of its workforce. The cuts are expected to eliminate around 8,000 roles, including managerial positions.
Meta Platforms has offered to give rival AI chatbots including OpenAI free access to its social messaging service WhatsApp in Europe, but will start charging them once they hit a limit, two people with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META | META Price Prediction) is in an awkward stretch.
The company announced the changes two days before it plans to lay off 10 percent of its work force, or about 8,000 employees.
The companywide bloodbath will take place in three waves, with impacted workers learning their fate by email at 4 a.m. local time in their region, according to an internal document obtained by Reuters.
Meta will cut around 8,000 jobs this week amid increased artificial intelligence (AI) spending. And as CNBC reported Monday (May 18), those layoffs could be part of a larger series of cuts at the tech giant.
Tech giant Meta recently announced a set of new features to give parents greater oversight of how their children use Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Horizon.