Meta has dismissed 600 employees from its artificial intelligence units, according to U.S. media.
The company confirmed the layoffs on Wednesday while continuing to recruit for its superintelligence lab.
Axios revealed the move, noting it impacts the Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) unit, product AI, and AI infrastructure divisions.
The newer TBD Lab remains unaffected by these cuts.
Internal Restructuring and Employee Shifts
Chief AI officer Alexandr Wang told employees in a memo to apply for other Meta positions.
Most affected workers are expected to secure new internal roles, Axios reported.
Wang explained that reducing the team would speed up decision-making and expand each person’s impact.
He emphasized that smaller teams create clearer accountability and stronger individual contributions.
Meta’s AI Direction and Competitive Standing
Meta continues hiring for its TBD Lab, which builds advanced large language models (LLMs).
These LLMs power systems like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Meta’s own Llama.
Unlike its competitors, Meta released Llama for free as a semi–open source platform.
The company allows users to modify and adapt certain system components freely.
Meta claims over one billion people use its AI tools monthly.
Despite this, analysts view Meta as trailing OpenAI and Google in consumer adoption of LLMs.
