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‘Tell Him He’s a Piece of Shit’: Meta’s New AI Unit Is a Total Mess

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‘Tell Him He’s a Piece of Shit’: Meta’s New AI Unit Is a Total Mess

Someone interrupted a livestreamed, employee-only presentation at Meta earlier this week with an expletive-filled outburst about “being the company’s bitch,” according to a recording heard by WIRED. The individual then asked the people leading the call to write to a specific Meta AI executive and “tell him that he’s a piece of shit.” One of … Read more

A Meta Employee Who Just Lost Their Job Was Detained by Immigration Agents

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A Meta Employee Who Just Lost Their Job Was Detained by Immigration Agents

A former Meta employee who lost their job during a round of layoffs on May 20 is said to have been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in recent days, according to communications inside the company seen by WIRED. A current employee posted about the incident on an internal Meta messaging board for immigration … Read more