Meta's Project OT: Lessons from AI Missteps
On May 19, 2026, Mark Zuckerberg cancelled Meta’s planned second wave of Project OT layoffs after the first wave cut roughly 8,000 jobs, following internal data showing AI agents drove activity without commensurate user value. Under…
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Full archive →On May 19, 2026, Mark Zuckerberg cancelled Meta’s planned second wave of Project OT layoffs after the first wave cut roughly 8,000 jobs, following internal…
A June 2026 survey of 6,000 office workers in the US, UK, and Australia reports AI “saves” 11 hours a week, but 6.4 hours are spent supplying context,…
A Nature Human Behaviour study of 1,131 Character.AI users who donated chat logs finds that companionship-motivated use correlates with worse well-being, with…
Amanda Bowler, a 48-year-old Australian psychology graduate with about A$44,000 in debt, submitted 50 applications over six months and received zero…
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