Showing posts with label Meta layoffs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Meta layoffs. Show all posts

Friday, May 22, 2026

Soundtrack to 8,000 Job Cuts: A Meta Worker’s Layoff-Themed A.I. Songs; The New York Times, May 20, 2026

, The New York Times ; Soundtrack to 8,000 Job Cuts: A Meta Worker’s Layoff-Themed A.I. Songs

"If you wondered what it might be like to be laid off from a giant tech company like Meta, now you can hear it in song. And the chorus goes like this:

Meta layoff, Meta layoff

Say it like a joke

Meta layoff, Meta layoff

House of cards went broke

Listen to “Meta Layoff”

Note: This song was generated by A.I.

Those were the lyrics to an artificial-intelligence-generated song that one Meta employee created shortly before the company, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, laid off 8,000 workers on Wednesday — 10 percent of its work force — as it transforms itself into an A.I.-first firm."