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Meta Freezes AI Hiring During Superintelligence Labs Reorganization

The company calls the pause routine planning tied to a four-team reorganization, reflecting rising scrutiny of costs and uncertain AI payoffs.

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Overview

  • Meta confirmed it has paused new hiring for its AI group, with the Wall Street Journal reporting the freeze began last week and that internal transfers are restricted unless approved by Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang.
  • The move coincides with splitting the Superintelligence Labs into four units focused on research, superintelligence, products, and infrastructure, with the New York Times reporting plans to reduce headcount in the thousands.
  • A Meta spokesperson framed the pause as basic organizational planning to establish structure for the superintelligence effort and to prepare for annual budgeting.
  • The freeze follows a rapid talent push that added more than 50 researchers and engineers in recent months, including high-profile recruits from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic with reported nine‑figure offers.
  • Bloomberg reported Meta still hired Apple AI leader Frank Chu this week as an exception to the freeze, while coverage also highlights market jitters and an MIT finding that roughly 95% of companies see no returns from generative AI.