Layoffs

‘It’s Undignified’: Hundreds of Workers Training Meta’s AI Could Be Laid Off

2026-04-28 · WIRED

Meta's AI ambitions continue to leave a trail of displaced workers — this time over 700 contractors in Ireland face the chopping block. Nothing says 'building the future' quite like mass layoffs of the very people training your AI. At least the chatbot they helped build can write them a nice severance letter.

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