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Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division

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492 points Lionga | 1 comments | 22 Oct 25 16:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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rdtsc ◴[22 Oct 25 17:47 UTC] No.45672642[source]▶
> while the company continues to hire workers for its newly formed superintelligence team, TBD Lab.

It's coming any day now!

> "... each person will be more load-bearing and have more scope and impact,” Wang writes

It's only a matter of time before the superintelligence decides to lay off the managers too. Soon Mr. Wang will be gone and we'll see press releases like:

> ”By reducing the size of our team, fewer conversations will be required to make a decision, so the logical step I took was to reduce the team size to 0" ... AI superintelligence, which now runs Meta, declared in an interview with Axios.

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jsheard ◴[22 Oct 25 18:01 UTC] No.45672859[source]▶
> It's coming any day now!

I'm loving this juxtaposition of companies hyping up imminent epoch-defining AGI, while simultaneously dedicating resources to building TikTok But Worse or adding erotica support to ChatGPT. Interesting priorities.

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jacquesm ◴[22 Oct 25 18:05 UTC] No.45672903[source]▶
> adding erotica support to ChatGPT

They really need that business model.

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throwacct ◴[22 Oct 25 18:27 UTC] No.45673203[source]▶
I mean, it's a path to "profitability", isn't it?
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1. jacquesm ◴[22 Oct 25 18:38 UTC] No.45673344[source]▶
Charging me for stuff I am not using is why I will sooner rather than later leave google. It's ridiculous how they tack on this non-feature and then charge you as if you're using it.

For ChatGPT I have a lower bar because it is easier to avoid.