{"id":9480,"date":"2026-03-16T15:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/meta-firing-percentage-staff-zuckerberg\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:16:10","slug":"meta-firing-percentage-staff-zuckerberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/meta-firing-percentage-staff-zuckerberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta Reportingly Firing a Vast Percentage of Its Staff in Zuckerberg\u2019s Move to AI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made headlines last year by offering mind-boggling job offers<\/a> to top AI talent. One of these come-ons reportedly breached $1 billion<\/a> \u2014 a borderline absurd sum that ended up being declined.<\/p>\n

Still, the millennial CEO has had a hard time building out an AI team he\u2019s happy with, laying off rounds<\/a> of AI developers after the hiring spree. His relationship with AI head Alexandr Wang has also grown tense as of late<\/a>, with sources telling the Financial Times<\/em><\/a> in December that he finds Zuckerberg\u2019s micromanagement to be suffocating.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the expenses for Meta\u2019s enormous spending commitments to build out AI infrastructure are continuing to balloon, leaving the company with major bills to pay. The company is projected to spend up to $135 billion in AI-related expenses in 2026 alone.<\/p>\n

Now, as inside sources told Reuters<\/em><\/a>, the company is planning to conduct yet another round of sweeping layoffs that could affect an astonishing 20 percent or more of the company \u2014 one of the clearest signs yet that Meta is prioritizing big bets on AI over employing humans who Zuckerberg believes will soon be made redundant by the tech anyway.<\/p>\n

Zuckerberg has made it clear he\u2019s looking for labor efficiency in the age of AI, arguing<\/a> that \u201cwe\u2019re starting to see projects that used to require big teams now be accomplished by a single very talented person,\u201d earlier this year.<\/p>\n

The company didn\u2019t outright deny Reuters<\/em>\u2018 reporting, but cast doubt on the purported plans, which would affect upward of 15,000 workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is speculative reporting about theoretical approaches,\u201d Meta spokesperson Andy Stone told the news agency.<\/p>\n

If confirmed, it could be one of the company\u2019s biggest rounds of layoffs in history. In 2022, it laid off 11,000 employees<\/a>. In early 2023, Zuckerberg announced a \u201cyear of efficiency,\u201d cutting 10,000 more jobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The cuts don\u2019t appear to be a sign that Meta is struggling to find funding. The company is planning to spend a whopping $600 billion to build AI data centers by 2028. The company has also been on a shopping spree, buying a Reddit-like site<\/a> populated by AI bots, called Moltbook, last week \u2014 and a Chinese AI startup called Manus<\/a> for $2 billion to $3 billion.<\/p>\n

Investors are also optimistic. Following the latest news, the company\u2019s shares surged almost three percent when trading resumed on Monday.<\/p>\n

The rumored layoffs are part of a much greater trend in the tech industry<\/a>, with companies including Elon Musk\u2019s xAI<\/a>, Australian software company Atlassian<\/a>, and Amazon<\/a> cutting thousands of positions this month alone.<\/p>\n

Block CEO and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey fired a particularly loud warning shot late last month, announcing<\/a> his fintech company would be cutting almost half of its staff. Provocatively, Dorsey cited \u201cintelligence tools\u201d that were creating a \u201cnew way of working\u201d with smaller teams. His missive once again stoked fears of an imminent \u2014 or perhaps ongoing \u2014 AI jobs apocalypse<\/a>, a massive shake-up that has economists on edge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Whether Meta will be able to keep up as the heated AI race continues remains to be seen. The company\u2019s efforts, including its Llama 4 models, have failed to impress<\/a>, and it was forced to push back the release of its latest AI model, code-named Avocado, because its performance is still falling short of competing ones from the likes of Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we\u2019ve said publicly, our next model will be good but, more importantly, show the rapid trajectory we\u2019re on,\u201d Meta spokesperson Dave Arnold told the New York Times<\/a><\/em>, and \u201cthen we\u2019ll steadily push the frontier over the course of the year as we continue to release new models.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re excited for people to see what we\u2019ve been cooking very soon,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Zuckerberg has also tried to undercut ongoing reporting that his relationship with Wang has soured, posting a selfie of himself and his company\u2019s AI lead sheepishly smiling into the camera last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But given the company\u2019s fight for relevancy, there\u2019s clearly a very different story playing out behind those beaming faces.<\/p>\n

More on Meta:<\/strong> Meta Workers Say They\u2019re Seeing Disturbing Things Through Users\u2019 Smart Glasses<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The post Meta Reportingly Firing a Vast Percentage of Its Staff in Zuckerberg\u2019s Move to AI<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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