The Meta logo marks the entrance of its corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Nov. 9, 2022. Facebook owner Meta plans to lay off more than 11,000 of its staff in “the most difficult changes we’ve made in Meta’s history,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Aug. 20, 2025.

Nick Clegg, a former UK deputy prime minister, said the California tech hub was full of "herd-like behavior."

The freeze went into effect last week, and it’s not clear how long it will last, The Journal’s sources say. Meta is still likely working through its reorg, which split its AI unit, Meta Superintelligence Labs,

Alexandr Wang, the new Chief AI Officer at Meta, announced on Friday afternoon that Meta will license Midjourney's "aesthetic technology" for future Meta products and models. Midjourney is best known as an AI image generator, though it can also create short videos. Wang announced the news in a series of posts on X.

Meta froze AI hiring to reorganize its superintelligence lab after months of luring talent with lavish offers.

Meta has signed a deal with generative AI lab Midjourney to license the startup's "aesthetic technology" for the social media company's future models and products.

Alexandr Wang, Meta’s new chief AI officer, said in a post on X on Friday that the company planned to license Midjourney’s “aesthetic technology for our future models and products, bringing beauty to billions” in a “technical collaboration” between their research teams.

According to the Times report on Tuesday, Meta is overhauling its newly formed Superintelligence Lab, by breaking it up into four smaller teams. The teams will reportedly focus on AI research, developing superintelligence (a form of AI more advanced than human intelligence), AI products, and AI infrastructure such as data centers, the Times said.

Meta is set to unveil its first display-equipped smart glasses next month, expanding its partnership with EssilorLuxottica and advancing its augmented reality push with new hardware and gesture-based tech.

OpenAI faces an ad dilemma, Meta preps Hypernova AR glasses, HTC launches Eagle AI eyewear, and Invisible Studio brings AI to short-form video creators.

Meta has signed a partnership with Midjourney, an AI service that can generate images and videos from text prompts.

Meta Platforms has paused hiring for its AI division, ending a spending spree that saw the company acquire a wave of high-priced AI researchers and engineers.