原本用于替代 Meta 员工的 AI Agent 曾计划实施“大规模、破坏性行动”

英文标题：AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions”

路透社报道称，Meta 曾考虑通过名为 Project OT 的计划重组岗位，并可能裁减约四分之一或更多员工。该计划拟将部分裁员节省下来的资金用于奖励高绩效员工，尤其是具备 AI 工程技能的人才。Meta 还在推动“AI native”转型，包括以 AI Agent 自动化工作流程、缩减团队层级，并开始向第三方销售 AI Agent。Meta 最终在确定具体裁员规模前取消了 Project OT，扎克伯格也在 5 月裁员后取消了原定于 11 月进行的下一轮裁员。

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在这些方案中，Meta 会为部分员工安排新岗位，并裁掉其他员工。据报道，一名人力资源高管表示，在这些方案下，Meta 的员工总数将减少约 25% 或更多。Meta 告诉路透社，公司在确定该计划将涉及多少裁员之前，便取消了 Project OT。

路透社援引“知情的两名人士”报道称，Meta 原计划将裁员节省的部分资金用于奖励高绩效员工，尤其是拥有 AI 工程技能的员工。

“AI native”

路透社审阅的一份 Project OT 文件将“AI native”描述为一种公司形态：其中“具备 AI 就绪能力的工具和 Agent 相互协作，工作流程实现自动化，[且] 新项目从一开始便以 AI 为先”。根据该文件，“AI native”还意味着向第三方销售 AI Agent，而 Meta 已于今年 6 月开始这样做。

据报道，Meta 今年启动了一项试点项目，将工程团队、研究团队以及至少另外八个团队重组为规模更小的小组。

据报道，此前 Meta 曾在 10 月发布一篇名为“AI-Native Playbook”的内部文章。该文章由 Meta 产品管理团队的一名成员撰写，概述了这项试点将如何取消中层管理岗位，并利用“Agent 辅助分析”（agent-assisted analysis）帮助确定日常任务的优先级。

路透社指出，人力资源员工和“AI 系统”将协助 Meta 领导层作出晋升决定；不过，Meta 向该媒体表示：“绩效评级和晋升决定过去和现在均由人作出，而非 AI。”

改变主意

据报道，扎克伯格在发布 5 月裁员通知后，立即取消了原定于 11 月进行的下一轮裁员。路透社表示，“无法确定究竟是什么促使扎克伯格改变了方向”。

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In these scenarios, Meta would give some employees new roles and lay off others. One HR executive reportedly said that Meta would have reduced its headcount by about 25 percent or more under these scenarios. Meta told Reuters that it canceled Project OT before determining how many layoffs the plan called for.

Meta was going to use some of the money that it saved from layoffs to pay for high-performing employees, especially those with AI engineering skills, Reuters reported, citing “two people familiar with the matter.”

“AI native”

One of the Project OT documents that Reuters reviewed described “AI native” as a company where “AI-ready tools and agents interact, workflows are automated, [and] new builds are AI-first.” Being “AI native” also means, per the document, selling AI agents to third parties, which Meta started doing in June.

This year, Meta reportedly launched a pilot program that restructured engineering teams, research teams, and at least eight other teams into smaller groups.

This followed the reported October publishing of an internal post called “AI-Native Playbook,” in which a Meta product management team member outlined how the pilot would remove middle management and use “agent-assisted analysis” to help prioritize daily tasks.

Reuters noted that HR employees and “AI systems” would help Meta’s leaders decide about promotions; however, Meta told the publication: “Performance rating and promotion decisions were and are made by people, not AI.”

Second thoughts

Immediately after issuing the May layoffs, Zuckerberg reportedly canceled the November wave. Reuters said it “was unable to determine what exactly prompted Zuckerberg to shift course.”