Reuters: Meta planned 60% team cuts for AI agents, then Zuckerberg halted it
esrtweet · x · 2026-11-08
Citing a Reuters investigation into Meta: plans called for cutting some teams by up to 60% and letting AI agents do the work, before Zuckerberg called off the next round hours before it started. Engineers pushed 220% more code, but major technical/security incidents jumped 40%, and people spent 70% more time firefighting — the AI layoff boom is backfiring.
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