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Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division

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492 points Lionga | 4 comments | 22 Oct 25 16:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.253s | source
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ceejayoz ◴[22 Oct 25 17:14 UTC] No.45672187[source]▶
Because the AI works so well, or because it doesn't?

> ”By reducing the size of our team, fewer conversations will be required to make a decision, and each person will be more load-bearing and have more scope and impact,” Wang writes in a memo seen by Axios.

That's kinda wild. I'm kinda shocked they put it in writing.

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1. RyanOD ◴[22 Oct 25 17:35 UTC] No.45672463[source]▶
As AI improves, possibly it begins replacing roles on the AI team?
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2. cdblades ◴[22 Oct 25 17:40 UTC] No.45672533[source]▶
They would say that explicitly, that's the kind of marketing you can't buy.
3. jimbokun ◴[22 Oct 25 18:29 UTC] No.45673233[source]▶
Definition of the Singularity.
4. halfcat ◴[22 Oct 25 23:17 UTC] No.45676368[source]▶
The fact they didn’t say that speaks volumes.