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.

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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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