Meta's Scrapped 'AI Native' Plan Included 60% Team Cuts, Reuters Reports

Meta considered cutting some team headcounts by as much as 60 percent as part of a plan to become "AI native," according to Reuters. The proposal, codenamed Project OT, called for two rounds of layoffs, though Meta declined to specify which teams were affected. The report highlights the challenges organizations face in determining when AI is a better fit for certain tasks than human employees.