Layoffs

Meta cuts 600 AI researchers while hiring more for its 'superintelligence' lab

2025-10-22 · CNBC

Meta's new AI chief Alexandr Wang sent a memo explaining the need for 'smaller, talent-dense teams.' Translation: 600 people from FAIR and AI infrastructure got the boot so Meta can funnel billions into building superintelligence. The researchers who built Meta's AI aren't good enough for Meta's AI, apparently.

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