Meta Restructures AI Division for the Fourth Time in Six Months

Meta is planning its fourth restructuring of its AI efforts within six months, according to The Information. The company will divide its Superintelligence Labs into four groups: a new 'TBD Lab,' a products team including the Meta AI assistant, an infrastructure team, and the Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) lab focused on long-term research.

The restructuring comes after a series of challenges, including senior staff departures and a lukewarm reception for Meta's latest open-source Llama 4 model. The TBD Lab is expected to have six leads, all recently hired from outside Meta, and will focus on developing the newest version of Meta's flagship large language model, Llama.

Aparna Ramani, a long-time vice president of engineering for infrastructure at Meta, is expected to lead a broader infrastructure group. The changes follow Meta's recent hiring spree, which included bringing in former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang and former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman to co-lead the Superintelligence Labs.