Meta Cuts 600 Jobs in Its AI Division

Meta Platforms slashed approximately 600 jobs from its Superintelligence Labs division. The move is a part of a plan to accelerate progress in the highly competitive race to advance AI technologies.

The company's AI chief, Alexandr Wang, notified employees about the job cuts in an internal memo.  Meta will continue to hire new employees for its TBD Lab team, which is under the umbrella of Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). The cuts are across the social media giant’s Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team and product-related AI and AI infrastructure units.

Wang stated in his memo that reducing the team’s size will allow for faster decision-making and give remaining employees greater responsibility and influence. The TBD Lab team is home to recently hired, highly-paid AI staff members, some of whom Meta poached from rival companies such as OpenAI. Meta is encouraging those laid off to apply for other roles within the company and has indicated that hiring for its AI teams will continue.

In August, the company carved up its MSL division into four separate teams as part of a plan to leverage recent hires from competing players. The move marked Meta’s fourth AI restructuring over the past six months. CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated in July that the company planned to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in AI compute infrastructure, which includes building colossal data center clusters. In April, Meta increased its projected capital expenditure for 2025 to $64 billion to $72 billion.