"By reducing the size of our team, fewer conversations will be required to make a decision, and each person will be more load-bearing and have more scope and impact," Wang writes in a memo seen by Axios. The layoffs will also affect roles within its AI product and infrastructure teams, though Meta will allow impacted employees to apply for other roles within the company, Axios reports."
"Meta is planning to axe around 600 roles within its legacy AI research division, according to a report from Axios. The layoffs will reportedly impact Meta's Fundamental AI Research unit, also known as FAIR, while the company continues to hire workers for its newly formed superintelligence team, TBD Lab. Meta kicked off an AI hiring spree after investing $14.3 billion in Scale AI and hiring CEO Alexandr Wang in June."
Meta plans to eliminate roughly 600 positions in its legacy Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) unit while continuing to hire for its newly formed TBD Lab superintelligence team. The company invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI and hired CEO Alexandr Wang before pausing hiring and initiating a restructuring to prioritize AI-related products and infrastructure. FAIR leadership shifts included Joelle Pineau's departure, and Wang said Meta will aim to integrate and scale many FAIR research ideas into larger model runs at TBD Lab. Meta will reduce staff across FAIR, product, and infrastructure teams but permit affected employees to apply for other internal roles.
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