Reuters: Meta Is Planning to Wreck the Lives of 20% of Its Staff Because It Is Spending So Much on Data Centres — Pixel Envy

"Meta is planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company, as Meta seeks to offset costly artificial intelligence infrastructure bets and prepare for greater efficiency brought about by AI-assisted workers."

Wow, that’s a lot of people! Is Alan Dye in the bunch? 👀 https://pxlnv.com/linklog/reuters-meta-layoffs-rumour/

Reuters: Meta Is Planning to Wreck the Lives of 20% of Its Staff Because It Is Spending So Much on Data Centres – Pixel Envy

Katie Paul, Jeff Horwitz, and Deepa Seetharaman, Reuters: Meta is planning sweeping layoffs ​that could affect 20% or more of the company, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as Meta seeks to offset costly artificial intelligence infrastructure bets and prepare for greater efficiency brought about by AI-assisted workers. No date has been set […]

@numericcitizen There is a certain irony in the fact that many of these 20% have helped make their own jobs obsolete.