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Mark Zuckerberg's secret project wanted Meta teams 60% smaller and run by AI agents
timesofindia.indiatimes.com · 1d

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Mark Zuckerberg ran a secret plan called Project OT to make Meta "AI native", with executives studying scenarios that cut some team sizes by up to 60%. The Meta layoffs of May 2026 removed 8,000 jobs, but a second November wave was scrapped after employee protests over keystroke tracking and weak AI productivity data. Meta is now asking Applied AI staff to become managers again, reversing its flatter structure push.
First report: How Meta tried, and failed, to grab its employees' data for AI — businessinsider.com, 4d
The coverage
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- What happened when Meta tried to collect employee data
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