Roughly 8,000 employees will be laid off and another 7,000 reassigned as Meta tries to keep pace in the AI race.

Meta is starting layoffs this week, with 8,000 jobs expected to be cut, as employees brace for a new era of AI.

"My friends still there are either just waiting hoping to get laid off or extremely anxious because the job is their lifeline."

Meta is moving 7,000 employees into AI-focused roles as Mark Zuckerberg accelerates the company’s artificial intelligence push amid layoffs.