Meta planned massive shake-up to replace employees with AI, but then Mark Zuckerberg blinked: What was Project OT?

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg had planned a major shake-up but failed to implement it amid an employee revolt, according to internal company documents, seen by Reuters, and interviews with insiders.

To make its workforce “AI native,” Meta explored slashing the size of many teams across the company by as much as 60% in two waves, internal documents show. Staff revolted – and hours before a big layoff in May, the CEO called off planning for further cuts.