Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Tuesday, March 14th,

2023. I'm Brian McCullough today. Those extra expected layoffs have come to Meta.

AI tools come to Google workspace and an

API for Google's Palm language model seems like things have generally worked out

with the Silicon Valley Bank aftermath. Microsoft laid off its AI Risk team layoffs at

White Combinator as well, and a look at the standard that's trying to keep over-the-air

broadcast television relevant. Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.

Those additional layoffs from Meta have arrived in a morning post Mark Zuckerberg said Meta plans to cut another

10,000 jobs and withdraw around 5,000 open rolls. It is not yet filled and cancel some more projects.

This comes just four months after cutting 11,000 jobs.

Quoting Tech Crunch.

Combined, this means that Meta has effectively laid off or plans to lay off roughly one quarter of its workforce since the tail end of last year.

Facebook's parent firm said it expects the latest restructuring efforts to start in April and the process to impact business groups in May.

Zuckerberg said that the company will also cancel lower priority projects adding that it

quote under estimated the indirect costs associated with these

initiatives this will be tough and there's no way around that

Zuckerberg wrote in a memo to staff that was subsequently published to the

public it will mean saying goodbye to talented and passionate colleagues who have been part of our success.

They've dedicated themselves to our mission and I'm personally grateful for all their efforts."

Zuckerberg added that after the restructuring efforts are complete, the company will lift its hiring freeze

across its various groups."

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