{"id":239140,"date":"2026-05-03T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/ai-costs-contributed-to-layoffs-of-8000-staffers-zuckerberg-says\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T20:10:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T00:10:24","slug":"ai-costs-contributed-to-layoffs-of-8000-staffers-zuckerberg-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/ai-costs-contributed-to-layoffs-of-8000-staffers-zuckerberg-says\/","title":{"rendered":"AI costs contributed to layoffs of 8,000 staffers, Zuckerberg says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com.au\/news\/investing\/ai-costs-contributed-to-layoffs-of-8000-staffers-zuckerberg-says\/\">AI costs contributed to layoffs of 8,000 staffers, Zuckerberg says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com.au\/news\/investing\/ai-costs-contributed-to-layoffs-of-8000-staffers-zuckerberg-says\/\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com.au\/news\/investing\/ai-costs-contributed-to-layoffs-of-8000-staffers-zuckerberg-says\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-03 20:15:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.forbes.com.au\">www.forbes.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPublished on\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMay 4, 2026\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading topline-heading\" id=\"h-meta-chief-mark-zuckerberg-acknowledged-his-company-s-spending-on-artificial-intelligence-has-contributed-to-layoffs-at-meta-according-to-a-recording-of-an-internal-thursday-meeting-reported-by-the-wall-street-journal-providing-details-on-the-company-s-capital-expenditures-and-ai-investments\">Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged his company\u2019s spending on artificial intelligence has contributed to layoffs at Meta, according to a recording of an internal Thursday meeting reported by The Wall Street Journal, providing details on the company\u2019s capital expenditures and AI investments.<\/h5>\n<p>Zuckerberg made the comments about the layoffs during a Thursday meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Takeaways<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Zuckerberg said \u201ccompute and infrastructure\u201d and \u201cpeople oriented things\u201d were the main drivers of cost at Meta, acknowledging the company\u2019s increasing investments in AI and saying, \u201cthat means that we do need to take down the size of the company somewhat,\u201d according to the Journal.<\/li>\n<li>Meta is slated to reduce its workforce by 10% soon, cutting 8,000 employees to offset its spending on AI, according to\u00a0multiple\u00a0outlets.<\/li>\n<li>Zuckerberg also told employees Meta could reduce team sizes to take into account the speed and efficiency of AI tools to take care of work, noting, \u201cIf a team used to take 50 or 100 people and now it takes 10, having 50 or 100 people on that team can actually be counterproductive going forward so I think we need to fix that.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The Meta CEO said the reduction of team sizes does not necessarily equate to laying people off, adding AI can help employees \u201cspin up more new projects.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\" id=\"h-tangent\">Tangent<\/h5>\n<p>Zuckerberg said Meta\u2019s ad business experienced a \u201ctrajectory change\u201d after the U.S. launched strikes against Iran in late February that sent oil prices surging. He noted consumers spending more on gas due to rising oil prices would mean they spend less on \u201cthings that they would just buy that are just kind of discretionary things that the advertising might serve,\u201d he said, according to the Journal.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\" id=\"h-big-number\">Big Number<\/h5>\n<p>$125 billion to $145 billion. 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