Zuckerberg thanked departing Meta staff as morale takes a big hit. Meta is cutting 10% of its staff today to offset huge AI investments.

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

Meta employees first learned that mass layoffs were coming in an internal memo shared in April, leaving them in a state of limbo for weeks.

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