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Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division

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492 points Lionga | 2 comments | 22 Oct 25 16:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.444s | 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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giancarlostoro ◴[22 Oct 25 17:21 UTC] No.45672266[source]▶
I just assume they over hired. Too much hype for AI. Everyone wants to build the framework people use for AI nobody wants to build the actual tools that make AI useful.
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1. spaceman_2020 ◴[22 Oct 25 19:28 UTC] No.45673991[source]▶
I haven’t even thought of Meta as a competitor when it comes to AI. I’m a semi-pro user and all I think of when I think of AI is OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek/Qwen, plus all the image/video models (Flux, Seedance, Veo, Sora)

Meta is not even in the picture

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2. esafak ◴[22 Oct 25 19:51 UTC] No.45674267[source]▶
How convenient: the AI boss, LeCun just is not interested in that stuff!