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In an interview with Complex's Idea Generation, The Times of India reported Zuckerberg saying that the job market might get better if companies focus on using AI to boost the productivity of humans instead of replacing employees.
“People think it’s inevitable. “I actually don’t think that’s true,” Zuckerberg said in the interview, referring to fears that AI will inevitably displace large numbers of jobs. A report quoted him as saying that an AI focused on efficiency combined with “personal super intelligence” could ultimately create more jobs, not fewer.
Zuckerberg contended that technological advances could enable people to be more productive at a faster pace than companies automate tasks and thus potentially create more jobs overall. "If you concentrate on empowering people and making them more productive and that happens at a faster pace than companies improve at automating things, then in theory there should be more jobs in the future, not fewer," he said, the report said.
The comments come after one of Meta's biggest workforce revamps in recent years. The company laid off about 10% of its workforce, impacting about 8,000 employees across teams including integrity, cybersecurity and content design, according to the Times of India and previous reports cited by Business Insider. Reports indicate that the layoffs were staggered by region, with some employees receiving emails as early as 4 a.m. local time.
Meanwhile, Meta shifted around 7,000 employees to newly formed AI-centric teams as part of a broader push to accelerate its artificial intelligence ambitions. Employees selected for the new AI groups were told they’d been chosen for their strong performance and ability to contribute to the company’s AI strategy, internal memos seen by Business Insider reported.
Meta's restructuring mirrors its growing investments in artificial intelligence. Meta has been trying to catch up in the generative AI race against rivals like OpenAI and Google, and Zuckerberg called the company's latest push a "reboot." In the report, he noted that the company has invested heavily in AI talent, infrastructure and its newly created SuperIntelligence Lab.
Meta's latest regulatory filing showed a workforce of 77,986 employees as of April 2026, up slightly from a year earlier. But the subsequent layoffs were part of a broader effort to improve efficiency while funding aggressive AI investments.
Earlier, in announcing the layoffs, Zuckerberg told employees that AI is “the most consequential technology of our lifetimes” and that Meta was adapting itself to be competitive in the next phase of the technology industry.
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Rajat Abbi, Vice President – Marketing, Schneider Electric India
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