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Meta is cutting about 600 jobs internally. artificial intelligence The company says the move is aimed at increasing efficiency.
The layoffs at Meta’s Superintelligence Labs unit, which employs about 3,000 people, come as the company’s AI efforts have become overly bureaucratic, Axios said, with an internal memo revealing the social media giant hopes the cuts will create more efficient workflows.
“Reducing the size of our teams reduces the conversations needed to make decisions, increases the burden on each person, and allows us to have more reach and influence,” Meta’s chief AI officer Alexandr Wang wrote in a memo.
Meta is cutting about 600 jobs within its artificial intelligence division. (Getty Images/Getty Images)
Axios said the job cuts will affect its FAIR AI research division, product-related AI division, and AI infrastructure division. Employees in the company’s newly created TBD Lab division, tasked with developing next-generation AI models, will keep their jobs.
Meta said it is encouraging affected employees to: apply for another job Axios reports that most employees are expected to find other roles within the company.
“This is a group of talented individuals, and we need their skills in other parts of the company,” Wang said.
Meta said it is encouraging affected employees to apply for other jobs within the company. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)
According to Business Insider, Meta continues its AI efforts and is currently actively recruiting for its TBD Lab division.
Also comes with a cut Staff who provided meta information Business Insider reports that the company’s risk department will be cutting several positions this week as they are replaced by in-house technology enhancements.
Michelle Protti, Meta’s chief compliance and privacy officer for products, informed employees in the risk organization on Wednesday that the company would be moving away from manual reviews to a more automated process, according to an internal memo, Business Insider reported.
Meta continues its commitment to AI and is currently actively recruiting for its TBD Lab department. (Getty Images/Getty Images)
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“As a result, some areas no longer need as many roles as they once did,” he wrote.
The number of positions affected by the risk reductions was not disclosed.
