{"id":205314,"date":"2026-04-23T18:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/meta-to-lay-off-10-of-workforce-in-ai-push\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:40:13","slug":"meta-to-lay-off-10-of-workforce-in-ai-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/meta-to-lay-off-10-of-workforce-in-ai-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta to lay off 10% of workforce in AI push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2026\/04\/23\/Meta-layoffs-artificial-intelligence\/4571776982803\/\">Meta to lay off 10% of workforce in AI push<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2026\/04\/23\/Meta-layoffs-artificial-intelligence\/4571776982803\/\">https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2026\/04\/23\/Meta-layoffs-artificial-intelligence\/4571776982803\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-23 18:46:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.upi.com\">www.upi.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meta plans to lay off 10% of its global workforce, approximately 8,000 employees, focusing its resources on artificial intelligence (AI).<\/li>\n<li>The first wave of layoffs is slated to begin on May 20, with additional rounds planned later in the year.<\/li>\n<li>Meta will also vacate 6,000 open positions, indicating a shift in hiring practices.<\/li>\n<li>This strategic pivot follows a series of earlier layoffs in its Reality Labs division and a reshuffle of roles towards more AI-driven solutions.<\/li>\n<li>Tech industry peers, including Microsoft and Amazon, are also adopting similar strategies of downsizing and pivoting towards AI initiatives.<\/li>\n<li>Meta has significant investments in AI, having recently introduced its major AI model, &#8220;Muse Spark,&#8221; and plans to utilize new employee tracking data to train AI agents.<\/li>\n<li>According to Meta&#8217;s third-quarter report, the company sees continued growth in enhancing core services while pioneering new AI-powered experiences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta to lay off 10% of workforce in AI push https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2026\/04\/23\/Meta-layoffs-artificial-intelligence\/4571776982803\/ Publish Date: 2026-04-23 18:46:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":205315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/sv\/ph\/og\/upi\/4571776982803\/2026\/1\/d234e26e5deb013e8966ea21a7d2b884\/v1.5\/Meta-to-lay-off-10-of-workforce-in-AI-push.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-205314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205316,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205314\/revisions\/205316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}