Investigation: Meta explored slashing many teams by ~60% to become "AI native", but pulled back after staff revolted and data showed AI agents were ineffective (Katie Paul/Reuters)
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Katie Paul / Reuters : Investigation: Meta explored slashing many teams by ~60% to become AI native , but pulled back after staff revolted and data showed AI agents were ineffective To make its workforce AI native, Meta explored slashing the size of many teams across the company by as much as 60% i…
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Investigation: Meta explored slashing many teams by ~60% to become "AI native", but pulled back after staff revolted and data showed AI agents were ineffective (Katie Paul/Reuters)
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