A post on X Thursday from Alexandr Wang, Meta's chief AI officer, appeared to push against the reporting of the hiring freeze: "We are truly only investing more and more into Meta Superintelligence Labs as a company. Any reporting to the contrary of that is clearly mistaken," he wrote.

According to the Times report on Tuesday, Meta is overhauling its newly formed Superintelligence Lab, by breaking it up into four smaller teams. The teams will reportedly focus on AI research, developing superintelligence (a form of AI more advanced than human intelligence), AI products, and AI infrastructure such as data centers, the Times said.

A hiring freeze at Meta Platforms’ artificial-intelligence operations is in effect after investors voiced concerns about the scale of Meta’s stock-based compensation costs.