{"slug": "those-spared-latest-meta-job-cuts-forcibly-reassigned-to-ai-roles", "title": "Those spared latest Meta job cuts forcibly reassigned to AI roles", "summary": "According to the article, Meta employees who were not laid off in the latest round of job cuts are being forcibly reassigned to artificial intelligence roles. The staff have protested this restructuring and the company's use of mouse tracking, which they have dubbed the \"Employee Data Extraction Factory.\"", "body_md": "MOST POPULAR\nEVENTS\n-\nThe Hardware Crunch: How Supply Chain Turbulence Is Forcing a New IT Playbook\nInfrastructure teams are facing a perfect storm: extended hardware lead times, rising costs driven by AI demand, and accelerated platform timelines.\n-\nOvercoming the trade-offs in data sovereignty\nWhat does data sovereignty actually mean for your network, which trade-offs are unavoidable? 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