According to American media, the TBD Lab, a business founded by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, would not be impacted by the employment reduction.
According to US media on Wednesday, Facebook owner Meta is laying off 600 employees in its artificial intelligence business in an effort to reorganize operations after a massive recruiting binge.
According to sources in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and other outlets, the TBD Lab, an organization founded by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, would not be impacted by the employment losses. By luring prominent researchers with high compensation packages from competitors like Apple and OpenAI, the lab’s workforce rapidly expanded.
According to a Wall Street Journal report, the company may use many of the impacted employees elsewhere. Instead, the layoffs will target teams working on artificial intelligence infrastructure and products, with the goal of increasing productivity without compromising work on the company’s most ambitious projects.
The job layoffs, according to the New York Times, were made to relieve “organizational bloat” after aggressive recruiting to expand the AI program. Both publications cited a message from Alexandr Wang, the Chief AI Office, stating that “fewer interactions would be necessary to reach a decision” as a result of the employment reduction. When AFP asked Meta about the situation, Meta did not reply.