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Meta Splits Superintelligence Labs Into Four Teams, Weighs Job Cuts

The shake-up reflects a push to refocus work under rising cost scrutiny alongside regulatory pressure.

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Overview

  • Meta confirmed it has reorganized Meta Superintelligence Labs into four groups: a unit led by AI chief Alexandr Wang, FAIR, Products and Applied Research led by Nat Friedman, and MSL Infra led by Aparna Ramani.
  • The New York Times reports Meta is considering eliminating or reassigning roles across its expanded AI workforce, with some executive departures expected and discussions still fluid.
  • Meta is exploring use of third-party AI models, a shift from relying solely on in-house systems such as Llama, according to multiple reports.
  • The restructuring follows an aggressive hiring spree and soaring spend, including a roughly $14 billion investment in Scale AI, pay packages for top recruits from OpenAI, Google and Apple, and capital expenditures that CFO Susan Li said could reach about $72 billion this year.
  • Regulatory scrutiny has intensified, with a Texas attorney general investigation and a Senate subcommittee probe into whether Meta’s generative-AI products caused harms or misled users, while advertisers press for transparency, control and clear ROI from new AI tools.