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Meta planned to reduce some roles by replacing parts of internal work with AI agents under Project OT

Policy change Provisional 62% confidence first seen

Two reports describe Meta’s internal “Project OT” plan to shift portions of employee work to AI agents, alongside planned workforce reductions. The plan reportedly included scenarios reducing headcount by up to 60% through two rounds of layoffs tied to which teams would be selected for AI-assisted restructuring.

Clara Shih Meta New Work Foundation Project OT AI Plus AI agents China IDC Reuters

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