Meta to cut 600 at superintelligence lab | JQJO

Meta will cut about 600 jobs from its superintelligence lab, chief AI officer Alexandr Wang told staff in a Wednesday memo, according to Axios — a report Meta told TechCrunch was accurate. Wang said a smaller team would speed decisions and make each person more “load-bearing,” with greater scope and impact. The move aligns with Meta’s “year of efficiency,” after a summer of aggressive hiring that poached 50-plus researchers; OpenAI’s Sam Altman countered that none of his “best people” left. Meta says most affected staff should find roles elsewhere inside the company.