Meta Explored Cutting Some Team Headcounts by Up to 60 Percent in Scrapped AI-Native Plan

Reuters reported that Meta earlier this year created a plan to reduce some team headcounts by as much as 60 percent as part of a push to become “AI native.” The plan, codenamed Project OT, reportedly included two rounds of layoffs, but Meta declined to identify which teams were affected. The episode highlights the broader challenge organizations face in deciding when AI is genuinely better suited than human workers for certain tasks.