Overview

• Meta confirmed last week’s pause in AI hiring, calling it basic organizational planning tied to budgeting, and the company has not said how long it will last.
• The freeze bars internal transfers within the AI division, and any new hires require approval from Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang, according to reports.
• Meta is restructuring the Superintelligence Lab into four groups focused on research, a superintelligence effort known as TBD Lab, AI products, and infrastructure such as data centers, according to the coverage.
• Reports also describe downsizing across the broader AI organization, which has been characterized as numbering in the thousands.
• The pullback follows a rapid talent push that poached more than 50 researchers with multimillion‑dollar offers, as investors and an MIT study questioning generative AI returns raise caution.