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title: "AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions”"
date: 2026-08-26
source: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8f63a8e1d246d9b04fd7056e8edb44&url=https%3a%2f%2farstechnica.com%2fai%2f2026%2f08%2fmetas-scrapped-plans-to-go-ai-native-included-slashing-teams-by-60-percent%2f&c=14207058774032843657&mkt=en-us
description: "Meta confirmed to Reuters that the plan, reportedly codenamed Project OT (short for organization transformation), explored scenarios in which Meta reduced some team headcounts by 60 percent and that the plan called for two rounds of layoffs. Meta wouldn’t confirm which teams Project OT affected."
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# AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions”

Meta confirmed to Reuters that the plan, reportedly codenamed Project OT (short for organization transformation), explored scenarios in which Meta reduced some team headcounts by 60 percent and that the plan called for two rounds of layoffs. Meta wouldn’t confirm which teams Project OT affected.

*Published: 2026-08-26*