Layoffs

Meta is using its own employees' activity to train AI, and laying off 8,000 of them at the same time

2026-05-13 · r/technology

Meta is training its AI on its own employees' work while simultaneously firing 8,000 of them. Nothing says 'we value our people' like harvesting their labor to build the thing that replaces them. Thanks for your service — now your digital ghost will do your job for free.

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