Mark Zuckerberg reportedly wanted Meta to become an AI-first company by replacing much of its routine work with autonomous AI agents. The task was ambitious, and it needed internal initiatives aimed at shrinking team sizes by as much as 60%, but the technology failed to meet expectations. After productivity issues and employee resistance, Meta shifted its strategy towards using AI as a workplace assistant rather than a workforce replacement. Here is what you must know.

Meta considered cutting some teams by as much as 60% under an AI-driven restructuring plan, Reuters reported. The company ultimately cut 10% of staff in May and abandoned a second…

Meta canceled a second round of layoffs that could have cut up to 60% of some teams, instead reassigning 7,000 workers to AI roles after