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Meta is laying off several hundred employees on Wednesday, CNBC confirmed.
The cuts are happening across several different organizations within the company, including Facebook, global operations, recruiting, sales and its virtual reality division Reality Labs, according to a source familiar with the company's plans who asked not to be named because they are confidential.
Some impacted employees are being offered new roles within the company, the person said. In some cases, those new positions will require relocation.
"Teams across Meta regularly restructure or implement changes to ensure they're in the best position to achieve their goals. Where possible, we are finding other opportunities for employees whose positions may be impacted," a Meta spokesperson said in a statement.
The layoffs come as Meta has been refocusing its efforts and pouring billions of dollars into artificial intelligence, where the social media giant has been racing to catch up to rivals like OpenAI, Anthropic and Google .