Meta fires 8k employees,replaces with agents.Then realised it was a mistake
Summary
Meta laid off about 8,000 employees (roughly 10% of its workforce) to fund AI infrastructure. Zuckerberg acknowledged at a town hall that AI agents had not progressed as quickly as expected and that leadership miscalculated the timing. The article also covers internal concerns about the rollout of Meta's Applied AI division and a review of mouse-tracking software, highlighting governance and morale challenges in the AI push.