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        "id": 1671137,
        "msgid": "meta-lays-off-staff-again-ai-focus-shift-draws-spotlight-1775890257",
        "date": "2026-04-11 13:12:00",
        "title": "Meta Lays Off Staff Again, AI Focus Shift Draws Spotlight",
        "author": "Soffya Ranti",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Business",
        "summary": "Meta is conducting another round of layoffs in the United States, cutting approximately 200 jobs in Silicon Valley as part of its ongoing efficiency measures, with the reductions set to take effect by the end of May 2026. This follows previous cuts in divisions such as recruitment, sales, operations, and Reality Labs, amid reports of potential larger-scale redundancies of up to 20% of its workforce. The moves underscore Meta's strategic pivot towards artificial intelligence, enabling fewer staff to handle tasks previously requiring larger teams, while the company ramps up investments in AI infrastructure with projected capital expenditures of $115 billion to $135 billion in 2026.",
        "content": "<p>Meta has once again undertaken redundancies in the United States.\nThis time, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram is cutting\naround 200 employees in the Silicon Valley area, California. According\nto documents submitted to California\u2019s labour authorities, 124 positions\nin Burlingame and 74 positions in Sunnyvale will be eliminated. These\nworkforce reductions are scheduled to take effect from the end of May\n2026. This step adds to the list of efficiency measures Meta has\nimplemented in recent years. Previously, at the end of March 2026, Meta\nalso carried out redundancies affecting several teams, from recruitment,\nsales, operations, to the Reality Labs division. Even earlier, in\nJanuary 2026, Meta first cut more than 1,000 employees, or about 10\npercent of the total workforce in Reality Labs. Reuters had previously\nreported that Meta could conduct larger redundancies, even up to 20\npercent of its total workforce. If it happens, that figure would be one\nof the largest cuts since the 2022\u20132023 layoff wave, when Meta reduced\naround 11,000 employees or 13 percent of its total staff. Amid this wave\nof efficiencies, Meta is still opening vacancies for several strategic\npositions. As of the end of 2025, the company\u2019s employee count stood at\naround 79,000 people, up about 6 percent from the previous year. This\nsituation indicates that Meta is not merely cutting its workforce but is\nalso changing its business priorities and talent needs within the\ncompany. That shift in direction is clearly evident from Meta\u2019s major\nfocus on artificial intelligence (AI). Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg\npreviously stated that 2026 would be the year when AI begins to\ndrastically change the way work is done. According to him, jobs that\npreviously required large teams can now be carried out by fewer people\nwith AI support. That statement reinforces the suspicion that the\nrestructuring at Meta is inseparable from the company\u2019s efforts to\nincrease efficiency through automation and AI technology. While the\nnumber of staff in some divisions is being reduced, Meta is actually\nincreasing investments to build AI infrastructure, such as servers and\ndata centres. The company\u2019s capital expenditure in 2026 is projected to\nreach $115 billion to $135 billion, or approximately Rp1,958 trillion to\nRp2,298 trillion.<\/p>",
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