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Meta plans to cut roughly 8,000 jobs in May (about 10% of its workforce) with more reductions anticipated later this year, as leadership shifts investment from the metaverse toward AI; the report, citing Reuters, notes the broader tech layoff trend and Meta has not commented to NBC Bay Area.
Yann LeCun criticized Meta's hiring of young AI researcher Alexandr Wang, calling him inexperienced and predicting more departures from Meta's AI team, amid internal frustrations and setbacks with AI projects like Llama.
Following Meta's layoffs of 600 AI employees, entrepreneur Sudarshan Kamath of Smallest AI announced high-salary job openings in San Francisco for experienced AI engineers, inviting affected Meta staff to apply, amidst similar offers from other AI startups.
A woman working as a research scientist at Meta on an H-1B visa was laid off within nine months from the company's AI division and is now seeking new opportunities, receiving immediate interest from various startups and tech companies.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was questioned by employees at an all-hands meeting following the announcement of another round of layoffs, with staff asking how they can trust the company's leadership. Zuckerberg acknowledged the question and stated that progress towards overall goals would determine trust. The layoffs come amid a difficult economic environment, with high interest rates, geopolitical instability, and increased regulation leading to slower growth and increased costs of innovation. This is the second round of layoffs, despite previous assurances that they were done to minimize future layoffs.