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Mark Zuckerberg says AI spending and war drove Meta layoffs

Fast Company 01 May 2026 2h ago
Mark Zuckerberg says AI spending and war drove Meta layoffs
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In a few weeks, Meta will lay off 10% of its workforce —around 8,000 employees out of the company’s workforce of 78,000. In a recent Q&A with employees, CEO Mark Zuckerberg ( not the AI clone version ) shed some light on the reasons behind the downsizing. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal , Zuckerberg blamed the layoffs on data center and AI infrastructure spending. “We [basically]
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