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A Hawaii retreat, staff revolt, and weak AI: How Meta's 60% layoffs plan came apart

Meta explored cutting some teams by up to 60% and handing their work to AI agents under a plan code-named Project OT. Hatched at Mark Zuckerberg's Hawaii retreat, it involved two layoff waves, pods of three replacing traditional teams, and keystroke tracking to train AI models.

A Hawaii retreat, staff revolt, and weak AI: How Meta's 60% layoffs plan came apart

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Meta explored cutting some teams by up to 60% and handing their work to AI agents under a plan code-named Project OT.

Hatched at Mark Zuckerberg's Hawaii retreat, it involved two layoff waves, pods of three replacing traditional teams, and keystroke tracking to train AI models.

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Meta explored cutting some teams by up to 60% and handing their work to AI agents under a plan code-named Project OT. Hatched at Mark Zuckerberg's Hawaii retreat, it involved two layoff waves, pods of three replacing traditional teams, and keystroke tracking to train AI models.

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