--- title: "Meta Tells Employees Their Jobs Are Being Automated" description: "In an internal memo, Meta informed its risk management workers their jobs were being automated thanks to advances in AI." date: "2025-10-26" modified: "2025-10-26" authors: - name: "Joe Wilkins" job_title: "Correspondent" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jwilkins" url: "https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-memo-automation" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "Ethics" - "Meta" --- # Meta Tells Employees Their Jobs Are Being Automated ![In an internal memo, Meta informed its risk management workers their jobs were being automated thanks to advances in AI.]() *Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Gilbert Flores / Variety via Getty Images* Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg is well known for running some pretty [high-stakes experiments]() with his companies. His latest, it seems, is to gut the tech giant of its human workers and replace them with AI. In an internal memo [viewed by *Business Insider*](), Meta executives told workers in the firm's risk management division their jobs will be "eliminated" thanks to advances in automation. Michael Protti, Meta's chief compliance officer, told risk management workers on Wednesday that the corporation would be moving toward an automated risk process instead. "As a result, we don't need as many roles in some areas as we once did," he wrote in the memo, per *BI.* Protti fell short of explaining how many jobs were being automated, though added that the tech giant had made "significant progress" in "building more global technical controls" in the risk management process. "This standardization means that many routine decisions can now be handled efficiently by technology, freeing our teams to focus on the most complex and high-impact challenges," Protti said. In the corporate world, risk management is the task of identifying and reducing threats to a company's earnings or operations. There are tons of risks that can rear their head — from [cybersecurity threats]() to [negative hits to reputation](), it can be a pretty complicated job. That makes it all the more baffling that Meta feels ready to hand off the role to [notoriously buggy AI](). Whether or not it can do the job remains to be seen — similar initiatives have failed spectacularly, like Klarna's recent bid to automate its [customer service department]() with AI. In a devilish twist, AI itself has been a pretty big cause for concern for human risk managers. On top of its [95 percent failure rate]() in corporate settings, the buzzy new tech introduces a host of never-before seen threats to the business environment, like gaps in cybersecurity or vulnerability to manipulation. For example, a car dealership in California took a big loss when a customer versed in AI-prompt hacking managed to sucker a customer service chatbot into selling him a [brand new 2024 Chevy Tahoe]() for one dollar. Meta recently fired some [600 employees]() from its AI Superintelligence lab, where CEO Mark Zuckerberg had recently been [shelling out billions]() to recruit new talent. Whether this gamble pays off for Meta's executives, the move underscores a growing reality in tech: not even those building AI are safe from its disruptive reach. **More on Meta:** *[Meta Allows Deepfake That Irish Presidential Election Is Canceled to Go Viral]()* ## Author At Futurism, I focus on the intersection of technology and power — examining the economics, history, and politics behind today’s dystopian headlines. As a writer, I’m interested in topics ranging from AI’s impact on labor to startups nobody asked for. My prior work includes bylines in Jacobin, Verso, and Blue Labyrinths. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Forbes, The Guardian, MIT Technology Review, Time, The Nation, Mother Jones, The Verge, and Wired. I grew up in Michigan, attending Central Michigan University as well as Ball State University, where I earned a master of music. I now live in Brooklyn with my girlfriend and our cat Ziti. On weekends, you can find me hunched over a cold pint arguing geopolitics with the other transplants. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()