Meta backs away from plan to replace workers with AI

Meta backs away from plan to replace workers with AI

The company scrapped its "tokenmaxxing" metrics and halted further redundancies after AI agents caused a surge in site reliability emergencies.

Meta shelved its "Project OT" plan to cut teams by up to 60% after staff revolted and AI agents underperformed, according to Reuters.

Site reliability emergencies rose 40% year-on-year, with AI-caused incidents taking 70% longer to resolve, prompting the company to reverse its aggressive AI mandates.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg told staff the AI vision remains viable but conceded the technology isn't ready yet, saying the timing was wrong.