The Meta logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris, France, June 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
October 22, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – Facebook owner Meta is cutting 600 jobs in its artificial intelligence (AI) unit in a bid to streamline operations following an aggressive hiring spree, US media reported on Wednesday.
The job cuts will not affect the TBD Lab, an operation founded by Meta Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and other publications.
The lab’s workforce grew rapidly as it poached top researchers with expensive pay packages from rivals like OpenAI and Apple.
Instead, the job cuts will target teams focused on artificial intelligence products and infrastructure, with the aim of increasing efficiency without sacrificing work on the company’s most ambitious ventures, according to a Wall Street Journal report that said many of the affected employees could be redeployed elsewhere by the company.
The New York Times described the job cuts as aimed at addressing “organizational bloat” after aggressive hiring to build the AI program.
Both newspapers quoted a memo from Chief AI Office Alexandr Wang that the job cuts mean “fewer conversations will be needed to make a decision.”
Meta did not respond to an AFP question about this.
