Meta will lay off 600 employees from its artificial intelligence (AI) unit, according to a CNBC report. These cuts were announced in a memo by Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang, who was hired in June as part of Meta’s $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI.

Facebook owner’s decision to fire hundreds of AI scientists, including star researcher Tian Yuandong, has exposed divisions in the company.

While the company announced job cuts in artificial intelligence, it also expanded plans to replace privacy and risk auditors with more automated systems.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has announced a reduction of approximately 600 employees in its artificial intelligence (AI) division. The layoffs follow a significant investment by the company in building a team for its ambitious AI Superintelligence project.

The layoffs will affect legacy teams but not the company’s new TBD Lab unit.

Facebook’s parent company, Meta, is going to build a new artificial intelligence center in El Paso. The nearly 1.2 million square-feet facility will be built in Northeast El Paso and is expected to cost $1.

Meta is adding parental controls to kids’ interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots — including the ability to turn off one-on-one chats with AI characters altogether