{"id":4919,"date":"2026-04-24T08:42:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/meta-axes-8000-jobs-to-fund-ai-spending-spree-microsoft-to-follow-suit\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T08:42:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:42:05","slug":"meta-axes-8000-jobs-to-fund-ai-spending-spree-microsoft-to-follow-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/meta-axes-8000-jobs-to-fund-ai-spending-spree-microsoft-to-follow-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta axes 8,000 jobs to fund AI spending spree, Microsoft to follow suit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbsp<a href=\"http:\/\/www.euronews.com\/profiles\/3408\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Una Hajdari<\/a>&amp;nbspwith&amp;nbsp<b>AP<\/b>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-04-24 09:48:12 +02:00\">24\/04\/2026 &#8211; 9:48 GMT+2<\/time>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"--widget_related_list_trans: 'Related';\">\n<p>Meta is cutting roughly 8,000 jobs or around 10% of its workforce as it funnels ever more cash into artificial intelligence and the sky-high salaries needed to attract AI talent.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\">\n<p>          <span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\">\n<p>          <span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The company confirmed the cuts on Thursday, framing them as a drive&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2026\/04\/24\/meta-axes-8000-jobs-to-fund-ai-spending-spree-microsoft-to-follow-suit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By&amp;nbspUna Hajdari&amp;nbspwith&amp;nbspAP Published on 24\/04\/2026 &#8211; 9:48 GMT+2 Meta is cutting roughly 8,000 jobs or around 10% of its workforce as it funnels ever more cash into artificial intelligence and the sky-high salaries needed to attract AI talent. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The company confirmed the cuts on Thursday, framing them as a drive&#8230; Source link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,64],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4919","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business","7":"category-entreprise"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}