Overview
- Meta confirmed roughly 600 job reductions in its AI organization, largely affecting FAIR, AI infrastructure and certain product teams.
- Affected employees were placed on a non-work notice with internal access removed, with departures set for November 21 and severance of 16 weeks plus two weeks per year of service.
- The newly formed Superintelligence/TBD Labs was not impacted and continues hiring, reflecting leadership’s priority for that group.
- An internal memo cited a goal of trimming bureaucracy to speed decision-making, and researcher Tian Yuandong said he and team members were among those affected.
- The shift follows leadership dissatisfaction with earlier AI progress and comes alongside heavy infrastructure spending, including a $27 billion financing agreement for the Hyperion data center.