Meta Forms New AI Units, Plans to Lay Off 8,000 on Wednesday
Meta is restructuring by moving 7,000 employees into four new AI-focused units and cutting about 8,000 jobs, affecting nearly 20% of its workforce.
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Meta is restructuring by moving 7,000 employees into four new AI-focused units and cutting about 8,000 jobs, affecting nearly 20% of its workforce.
Tencent has disbanded its AI Lab, moving staff into the Hunyuan large-model team under 28-year-old chief AI scientist Yao Shunyu to finalize Hunyuan 3.0 by late April. The model focuses on reasoning and agent usability, while Tencent also plans a WeChat AI agent entry for mid-2026.