Meta is laying off hundreds of employees across Reality Labs and other groups

Mark Zuckerberg has pushed Meta to become more efficient.

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• Meta began laying off hundreds of employees on Wednesday.
• The company has made several rounds of layoffs in recent years as it has sought to become more efficient.
• At the same time, Meta has continued to pour billions of dollars into AI.

Meta began laying off hundreds of employees across the company on Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the matter and LinkedIn posts from affected staff.