Meta's AI Agents Caused Chaos, Scrapped Layoff Plans

Meta's internal Project OT planned to cut some teams by up to 60 percent and replace workers with AI agents, but the company ultimately scrapped the second round of layoffs after significant problems emerged. Reuters reviewed internal documents and spoke with over 20 sources about the since-canceled initiative. AI agents deployed internally made large-scale disruptive actions, contributing to a 40 percent spike in major technical and security incidents. While code changes surged 220 percent year-over-year, user-facing feature improvements rose only 36 percent, raising doubts about whether AI could reliably replace human workers.