Meta Employees Absolutely Hate Mark Zuckerberg's Plan for a Companywide AI Hackathon

Mark Zuckerberg announced a companywide AI hackathon to lift morale at Meta, but internal messages seen by WIRED show many employees reacted with anger and sarcasm. Workers said recent mass layoffs left them with extra responsibilities and little time for the event, and that low morale and distrust of management made participation feel unsafe. The hackathon was one of several initiatives Zuckerberg laid out to reenergize a workforce of roughly 70,000 people.