According to news from CoinWorld on August 21, citing informed sources from the Wall Street Journal, after spending several months recruiting more than 50 artificial intelligence researchers and engineers, Meta Platforms (META.O) has frozen hiring in its artificial intelligence department. This hiring freeze went into effect last week, while the department is undergoing a broader reorganization, which also prohibits existing employees from moving across teams within the department. The duration of the hiring freeze has not been communicated internally. Informed sources said that external hiring may have exceptions, but this requires approval from Meta's Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, Alexandr Wang. A spokesperson for Meta confirmed the hiring freeze, stating that it is 'basic organizational planning: creating a solid structure for our new superintelligent projects after personnel are in place, and conducting annual budgeting and planning work.'

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