Meta is set to begin laying off about 8,000 workers this week as it pours more money into artificial intelligence, with the latest cuts expected to hit roughly 10 per cent of the company's workforce and leave a further 6,000 roles unfilled. The move lands as the company pushes its 2026 capital spending plan as high as $145 billion, and after reports that it is also using employee workplace activity data to help train internal AI models.
