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MadTech Daily: Meta to Cut 8,000 Jobs; White House & Anthropic Hold “Productive” AI Talks; ByteDance Profit Hit by AI Costs

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On today’s MadTech Daily we cover Meta planning to begin a new round of layoffs on 20th May, the White House and Anthropic holding “productive” AI talks, and ByteDance’s profit being hit by AI costs despite an overseas surge.

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