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How Meta’s plans for another round of layoffs fell apart.

A report from Reuters details Mark Zuckerberg’s “Project Organization Transformation” — a plan that involved having AI “take over much of the daily work performed by thousands of human employees.” Though Meta went through with layoffs affecting 10 percent of its workforce in May, Reuters reports that the company called off further cuts in November as employees began to revolt. [Link: Mark Zuckerberg had a bold plan to replace Meta staff with AI. Here’s how it imploded. | https://www.reuters.com/investigations/mark-zuckerberg-had-bold-plan-replace-meta-staff-with-ai-heres-how-it-imploded-2026-08-26/ | Reuters]

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A report from Reuters details Mark Zuckerberg’s “Project Organization Transformation” — a plan that involved having AI “take over much of the daily work performed by thousands of human employees.” Though Meta went through with layoffs affecting 10 percent of its workforce in May, Reuters reports that the company called off further cuts in November as employees began to revolt. [Link: Mark Zuckerberg had a bold plan to replace Meta staff with AI. Here’s how it imploded. | | Reuters]

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