Meta, led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, said that job cuts are needed to fund other investments. Nick Wass/AP In an email, Meta tied its latest job cuts to a push for efficiency and need to fund investments. It was a frank message about why a company was cutting workers in the age of AI. In a separate memo to staff, Mark Zuckerberg addressed the emotional toll of the layoffs. Your layoff may be helping your former employer pay for AI. That's the thrust of part of the email Meta's leadership sent to