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Caleb Naysmith

Mark Zuckerberg Tries to Rally Meta Staff With Fun Morale Gesture — But Employees Aren’t Interested. ‘I’m Literally Preoccupied With Keeping the Lights On.’

Mark Zuckerberg is trying to bring a little fun back to Meta (META). The timing, employees suggest, could hardly be worse.

After Meta cut roughly 8,000 jobs on May 20 and shifted about 7,000 workers into new AI-focused roles, Zuckerberg announced a companywide AI hackathon scheduled for July 14 through July 16, according to Wired. The goal was simple enough: get teams together, build experimental AI projects and create a little camaraderie during a rough stretch.

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