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.
"I definitely spend a good amount of that time sort of despondent somewhere in my house."
Meta Platforms (META) remains a Buy, as AI-driven CAPEX is already translating into real revenue and earnings growth. META's ad impressions rose 19% YoY and average ad price increased 12%, fueling a 33% YoY revenue jump to $56.31 billion. Despite a CAPEX guidance hike to $125-145B and FCF down 35% YoY, current spending is driving immediate monetization, not speculative future returns.
Meta is slated to start its latest round of layoffs this week, with a total of 8,000 projected job cuts. More layoffs are expected this year, including a potential round in August and another in the fall, according to people with knowledge of the matter.