Meta removes AI usage from engineer reviews

Meta will no longer judge engineers by how much they use AI tools, according to an internal memo from Maher Saba and Santosh Janardhan. Meta says internal AI use is heading toward billions in costs in 2026, plans budgets and a central dashboard in 2027, and is testing an AI agent called Hatch that faces employee privacy pushback.

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