Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged Friday that the company has “made mistakes” as it undergoes a sweeping workforce overhaul tied to its aggressive push into artificial intelligence (AI).
Zuckerberg made the remarks in an internal memo to employees, according to Reuters, which reported that the Meta chief warned of challenges associated with the rapid development of AI technology.
Meta has poured billions of dollars into AI infrastructure and tools as it competes with OpenAI, Google and Microsoft for dominance in the emerging technology.
The company has also explored ways to use AI agents to perform tasks currently handled by employees.
“Given the complexity of these changes, we’ve made mistakes and will almost certainly make more,” Zuckerberg said.
He added that he is “focused on providing as much stability as possible” as the company continues to reshape its workforce.
“I don’t want to overpromise because the world is changing in ways that are out of our control,” Zuckerberg said.
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He also reiterated that Meta does not expect any additional company-wide layoffs this year.
The comments come after Meta laid off roughly 10% of its global workforce in May and reassigned approximately 7,000 employees to AI-focused initiatives.
Zuckerberg reportedly said the company will attempt to find new positions for employees reassigned to train AI models.
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“By creating important new roles for people, this also allowed us to shrink the size of teams knowing that if we make mistakes in some places, then we could transfer some people back,” Zuckerberg said.
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According to Reuters, the restructuring — combined with previous transfers and role eliminations — is expected to ultimately affect about 20% of Meta’s workforce.
Meta employed nearly 78,000 people as of the end of March, according to company securities filings.
FOX Business has reached out to Meta for comment.
FOX Business’ Bradford Betz and Reuters contributed to this report.
