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Meta cuts 600 jobs in its AI division - but it says there is no need to worry

Date:
Thu, 23 Oct 2025 09:52:02 +0000

Description:
Meta terminates 600 AI-related contracts, but affected workers can reapply 
for other roles.

FULL STORY

Meta is cutting around 600 roles in its artificial intelligence division, a
report from Axios has claimed. 

Its believed Metas legacy AI research group and some product and
infrastructure divisions may be affected, but employees in the new
superintelligence labs should remain unaffected. 

The company, led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has already previously committed to
reducing organizational inefficiencies , and this round of layoffs seems to
align with those efforts rather than being a response to economic headwinds
and ongoing labor market trends.

Meta lays off some AI workers 

The report claims Alexandr Wang from Metas superintelligence labs noted
smaller teams can make faster decisions, resulting in more impact. 
Internally, Metas AI unit was also considered pretty large and inefficient. 

Despite the cuts, Meta isnt necessarily saying goodbye to those workers  they
can reapply for other roles within the organization if they choose not to
accept the severance package, said to be worth 16 weeks of pay plus two weeks
per completed year of service. 

Moreover, the company remains committed to building out its AI models and
making other investments in AI infrastructure to compete with the likes of
OpenAI, Amazon and Google. 

In 2025, Metas expenses could reach $114-118 billion, with AI driving even
higher costs in 2026. 

The companys 29th data center, a campus with the potential to scale up to 1GW
in El Paso, Texas, is already said to support both the traditional servers of
today and future generations of AI-enabled hardware, reflecting Metas
long-term commitment. 

Since warning employees of an intense year and laying off 3,600 workers in
February 2025, Zuckerberg hasnt cut as many workers as we mightve expected
100 in April and 600 this month, per layoffs.fyi . 

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/meta-cuts-600-jobs-in-its-ai-division-but-it-say
s-there-is-no-need-to-worry

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