India, Oct. 23 -- Meta is laying off around 600 employees from its superintelligence lab, according to a report by Axios. The move was confirmed in an internal memo by Alexandr Wang, Meta's Chief AI Officer, marking a significant shift in how the company is managing its artificial intelligence ambitions.

In the memo sent to staff on Wednesday, Wang said the restructuring aims to make decision-making faster and improve accountability. "By reducing the size of our team, fewer conversations will be required to make a decision, and each person will be more load-bearing and have more scope and impact," he wrote.

This mirrors Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's "year of efficiency" strategy, which has guided the company's broader cost-cutting and reor...