Meta cuts 8,000 jobs in sweeping global layoffs | Technology News

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– Meta initiates layoffs impacting 10 percent of its global workforce, around 8,000 employees, with a focus on the integrity team, cybersecurity, and content design division, in three waves starting early Wednesday morning, including severance pay for U.S. workers.
– The company announces canceling its hiring plans for 6,000 roles and directing 7,000 employees towards artificial intelligence (AI) development, which has led to declining morale among workers.
– The company is facing concerns and petitions from over 1,500 employees against an AI tracking program allegedly used to train their replacement AI models.
– Meta’s executive chairman, Mark Zuckerberg, has heavily invested in AI initiatives, aiming for capital expenditures between $125 billion to $145 billion this year—more than double the 2025 spending.
– According to a Goldman Sachs survey, AI-driven layoffs could reach over 16,000 per month this year, mirroring similar large-scale cuts announced by Cisco in roughly 4,000 positions.

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