Meta new layoff goal of 60% to AI after moving 30% engineers to labelers
ltononro
23 points
12 comments
September 04, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
mono442
With current ai models laying off 50% of engineers seems plausible. Obviously there would be some problems at the start but I'm quite sure it'd work over time.
Havoc
Surprised moving engineers to data labelling didn't cause an immediate riot.
ChrisArchitect
Previously on source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49446722