Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has hardened his tone on layoffs.
Far from the red-eyed admission of fault he gave when Meta conducted some of its first mass layoffs in 2022, on Wednesday, Zuckerberg dismissed 8,000 workers, or about 10% of its workforce, with a detached-sounding memo that emphasized that “success isn’t a given” in the AI race. As part of the restructuring this week, 7,000 employees were also set to be moved into AI-focused roles, several outlets reported.
