Meta is downsizing by about 10 percent

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Meta is making another steep cut to its staff, this time to the tune of a 10% reduction in its workforce. About 8,000 people will be laid off and about 6,000 open jobs will also be eliminated, according to Bloomberg. In an internal memo from Janelle Gale, Meta's head of human resources, the latest cuts are "part of our continued effort to run the company efficiently and to allow us to offset the other investments we’re making." Those "other investments" are likely in artificial intelligence. Meta is building its own models and apparently.