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flag Meta is cutting 600 AI jobs but expanding its advanced AI lab amid ongoing AI competition.

flag Meta is cutting about 600 AI jobs primarily in its Fundamental AI Research (FAIR), product, and infrastructure teams, while continuing to hire for its TBD Lab focused on advanced large language models. flag The restructuring, led by Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang, aims to streamline operations, reduce bureaucracy, and increase individual impact. flag Affected employees will receive 16 weeks of severance plus additional weeks based on tenure and are encouraged to apply for other internal roles, with most expected to transition. flag The move follows Meta’s $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI and its push to strengthen its AI capabilities amid competition from OpenAI and Google. flag Despite the cuts, the company maintains its commitment to AI innovation, citing over a billion monthly users of its AI products and its open-source Llama model strategy.

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