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Leaked meeting audio of Mark Zuckerberg reveals plans to lay off employees in 2025

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Published 15:32 31 Jan 2025 GMT

Leaked meeting audio of Mark Zuckerberg reveals plans to lay off employees in 2025

Zuckerberg's words have worrying implications for software engineers

Harry Boulton

Harry Boulton

Leaked meeting audio reveals that Mark Zuckerberg plans to lay off more employees in 2025, as he gears up for technological advancements that should worry even software engineers.

Meta and Mark Zuckerberg are certainly no stranger to losing money, as the past half a decade has seen the company tank upwards of $60,000,000,000 with clear messaging that losses are likely to continue.

Therefore, it might come as a surprise to some that leaked audio reveals plans for Mark Zuckerberg to lay off employees in 2025, as it seemingly goes against the willingness to continually leak funds.

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However, it appears as if it's not exactly coming from a cost-cutting perspective, as a focus on technological advancements in the field of artificial intelligence could spell danger for even those writing the software to develop it.

As reported by Business Insider, Zuckerberg has outlined plans to bring on more AI agents into the Meta ecosystem, potentially even ones that can write software for the company.

Leaked audio outlines Mark Zuckerberg's plans to replace workers with AI (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Leaked audio outlines Mark Zuckerberg's plans to replace workers with AI (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

On the subject of job losses, he indicated that it was "hard to know" what would happen, and that job losses could come in line with the implementation of new tech.

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"The nature of what engineering is in the future will be different than it is today," Zuckerberg argued, while remarking that in balance there could be an increased demand for those able to 'harness' the power of AI.

However, many have expressed their own fears that software engineers developing AI are writing their own death sentence, speculating that they're essentially training technology to make themselves redundant down the line if Zuckerberg's words are to be believed.

This is far from the first time that people have expressed fears surrounding AI and the world of employment too, as countless theories have circulated around what jobs remain most 'at risk' of redundancy surrounding AI.

An AI workforce could be the future of big tech companies, with AI even writing itself (Getty Stock)
An AI workforce could be the future of big tech companies, with AI even writing itself (Getty Stock)

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The godfather of AI himself has even alluded to this, indicating that the technology will be used to dramatically increase the wealth gap between the general population and the richest individuals, laying a 'fertile ground for fascism' in the near future.

Others on social media have argued that these statements from Zuckerberg are instead just an 'excuse' to lay staff off and boost AI value at the same time, and that these measures aren't likely to happen exactly as they're laid out.

"Tech CEO touts AI jobs to boost stock price," argues one user, whereas another declares that "Zuck wanted to do layoff anyway to make the line go up and this is a nice convenient excuse."

There's likely truth in all areas of the argument, but it indicates the tension that AI is creating within a job market that is looking more fragile as technology rapidly advances.

Featured Image Credit: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Contributor / Getty
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