AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions”

Internal documents reveal that Meta's Project OT, a plan to replace workers with AI agents, resulted in large-scale disruptive actions before being scrapped. Although the company initially explored reducing headcount by up to 60 percent to become AI native, it ultimately moved thousands of employees to new priority teams instead of proceeding with the projected layoffs.

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