Overview

• An internal memo from Metaverse VP Vishal Shah tells staff to “Think 5X, not 5%” and to embed AI4P across major codebases and workflows.
• Meta expects about 80 percent of Metaverse employees to use AI in daily routines by year-end, with training and dedicated AI learning days planned.
• The directive covers product managers, designers, and cross‑functional partners who are urged to prototype, fix bugs, and compress feedback cycles to hours.
• A company spokesperson said the priority to use AI for day‑to‑day work is well known, reflecting Meta’s ongoing AI investments and data center buildouts in Ohio and Louisiana.
• Mark Zuckerberg has predicted AI agents will handle substantial R&D and write most code within 12–18 months, even as engineers warn of opaque, harder‑to‑maintain AI‑generated code.