Meta Plans to Cut 10% to 15% of Employees in Reality Labs Business NYT: Technology By:Mike Isaac and Eli Tan 12 January 2026 at 17:35 The layoffs are set to be announced this week and would affect Metaβs work on the metaverse, as the company spends heavily on building artificial intelligence. Β© Jason Henry for The New York TimesMichael Abrash, chief scientist of Reality Labs, during a presentation for Meta last year.