Meta CEO Zuckerberg Says Company Made Mistakes During AI-Driven Reorganization

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees the company has made mistakes during an AI-driven organizational transformation and said similar issues could occur again. According to Odaily, Zuckerberg said Meta is investing hundreds of billions of dollars into artificial intelligence to reshape its core business structure, but rapid changes in AI technology have created significant organizational challenges. He said errors occurred during some staffing adjustments and restructuring efforts, and added the company will try to provide greater organizational stability going forward. Zuckerberg also said he does not expect Meta to carry out large-scale layoffs again this year. Meta’s recent restructuring included major changes in May, including about a 10% reduction of its global workforce and the reassignment of about 7,000 employees to AI-related projects. Zuckerberg said some affected employees will be reassigned to roles related to model training and AI workflows to reduce disruption. He also said Meta will increase investment in team-building, including raising budgets for external meetings and collaboration, and plans to hold a large hackathon in July to support coordinated development of AI projects. Zuckerberg said Meta has also identified problems linked to expanded management responsibilities and plans to reduce management layers. Media reports said the newly established Applied AI Engineering unit is using a highly flat structure, with some teams having employee-to-manager ratios as high as 50 to 1. Meta did not provide further comment on that point in an internal memo, the report said.