Kalley Huang

Meta told employees last month that it would carry out mass layoffs on May 20, as the Silicon Valley giant tries to transform into an A.I.-first company.

The turmoil at Meta — which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — offers an up-close look at layoffs in the AI age.

The turmoil at Meta — which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — offers an up-close look of layoffs in the AI age.

The turmoil at Meta — which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — offers an up-close look at layoffs in the AI age.

SAN FRANCISCO -- For the last month, employees at Meta have been on edge.

By and In an internal post last month, Meta told its U.S. employees that it was making a change that would affect tens of thousands of them.

Tech industry layoffs are accelerating, and executives have been quick to say it’s because their companies are doing more with artificial intelligence, even when there may be more to it.

Box, a Silicon Valley software maker, expects to have more employees, not fewer, as it hires A.I. architects, A.I. solutions managers and other new A.I.-related positions.

When artificial intelligence began changing his business four years ago, Aaron Levie, the chief executive of Box, decided to adjust. Box, a Silicon Valley maker of software for storing and managing da