WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Bernama-dpa) -- About 600 employees in Meta Platforms' artificial intelligence division are set to be laid off as part of a wider effort to speed up decision-making and streamline operations, German Press Agency (dpa) reported.
Meta chief AI officer Alexandr Wang, who joined the company in June following Meta's US$14.3 billion investment in Scale AI, announced the layoffs in a memo, which a Meta spokesperson confirmed.
The recently established TBD Lab will not be affected, but the cuts will hit employees across Meta's AI infrastructure, Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Research and product-focused divisions.
Employees in the United States were informed on Wednesday morning that their termination was scheduled for November 21.
In addition to 16 weeks of severance pay, Meta will provide two extra weeks for each year of service. Affected employees are urged to apply for other internal positions, the company stated.
According to reports, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg became impatient with Meta's sluggish AI advancements following conflicting responses to its Llama 4 models.
By cutting red tape and facilitating quicker decision-making, the reorganisation seeks to make the AI team "more agile," according to Wang.
Meta is still making significant investments in AI in spite of the layoffs, including a recent US$27 billion deal with Blue Owl Capital to finance its Hyperion data centre in Louisiana.
--BERNAMA-dpa
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