Meta is reassigning 7,000 workers to AI jobs while laying off thousands more

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A hot potato: It seems like Meta wants to follow Nvidia's route of essentially becoming an AI-first company. As part of restructuring plans that will see 10% of its workforce laid off, the social media giant is also reassigning 7,000 people to new, AI-focused jobs within the firm.

Plans for the reassignments were laid out in a memo from chief people officer Janelle Gale, which was seen by Bloomberg. Gale wrote that 7,000 workers will be moved to four new organizations within Meta focused on building new AI tools, including agents and apps.

The new groups include Applied AI Engineering, Agent Transformation Accelerator XFN, Central Analytics, and Enterprise Solutions. Reuters reportsthat Applied AI Engineering and Agent Transformation Accelerator XFN are part of Meta's "AI for Work" push, while Central Analytics will...

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