Meta Cuts 8,000 Jobs — Leaked Audio Reveals Company Trained AI on Employee Activity Before Layoffs
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Meta began notifying roughly 8,000 employees (10% of workforce) of layoffs on May 20, including integrity, cybersecurity, and content design teams. Leaked audio from a May 23 report revealed Meta's Model Capability Initiative tracked employee Gmail, chat, and code activity to train AI models, announced the same day as terminations.