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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted Friday that the company “made a mistake” as it overhauls its workforce in connection with its aggressive push into artificial intelligence (AI).
Reuters reported that Zuckerberg made the remarks in an internal memo to employees, in which Meta chief warned of the challenges associated with the rapid development of AI technology.
Meta has poured billions of dollars into AI infrastructure and tools as it competes with OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft for supremacy in emerging technologies.
The company is also exploring ways to use AI agents to perform tasks currently handled by employees.
Mark Zuckerberg said Meta “made a mistake” while overhauling its AI-powered workforce and warned of challenges with the rapid development of artificial intelligence.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company “made a mistake” as it reorganized its workforce around artificial intelligence. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/Getty Images)
“Given the complexity of these changes, we have made mistakes and will no doubt make more mistakes,” Zuckerberg said.
He added that the company is “focused on providing as much stability as possible” as it continues to reorganize its workforce.
“The world is changing in ways that are beyond our control, so we don’t want to overpromise,” Zuckerberg said.
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Meta has invested billions of dollars in artificial intelligence to compete with OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft. (Getty Images/Getty Images)
He also reiterated that Meta does not anticipate any additional company-wide layoffs this year.
The comments came after Meta laid off about 10% of its global workforce in May and redeployed about 7,000 employees to AI-focused efforts.
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Zuckerberg reportedly said the company will work to find new positions for redeployed employees to train AI models.
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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Metaplatforms, Inc., during a dinner with technology leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House on September 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Will Oliver/EPA/Bloomberg/Getty Images, File/Getty Images)
“By creating new critical roles for people, we were also able to reduce the size of the team, knowing that if we made a mistake somewhere, we could bring some people back,” Zuckerberg said.
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The restructuring, along with previous transfers and role eliminations, is expected to ultimately affect about 20% of Meta’s workforce, according to Reuters.
Meta employed about 78,000 people as of the end of March, according to the company’s securities filings.
FOX Business has reached out to Meta for comment.
FOX Business’ Bradford Betz and Reuters contributed to this report.
