Meta Lays Off 600 in AI Division After Offering $300M Packages to Top Talent

Meta has laid off 600 employees from its flashy AI division, known as Superintelligence Labs, potentially marking the start of a major restructuring under new leadership.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent most of this year building up the team, making headlines for hefty pay packages—some reportedly worth up to $300 million—that lured AI leaders from competitors like OpenAI and Apple. That includes Alexandr Wang, founder of Scale AI, who sold a 49% stake in his company to Meta in June…