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Meta to cut 5% of employees deemed unfit for Zuckerberg’s AI-fueled future. Meta plans to refill roles with top talent to pursue AI and AR ambitions.

Meta plans to refill roles with top talent to pursue AI and AR ambitions.

Anticipating that 2025 will be an "intense year" requiring rapid innovation, Mark Zuckerberg reportedly announced that Meta would be cutting 5 percent of its workforce—targeting "lowest performers." That's why in our Year of Efficiency, we are focused on canceling projects that are duplicative or lower priority and making every organization as lean as possible." "There are endless opportunities ahead," Meta's blog said, promising that 2025 will bring "the evolution of AI assistants into tools that don’t just respond to a prompt when you ask for help but can become a proactive helper as you go about your day."

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