美国科技巨头Meta首席财务官苏珊·李周三表示，该公司员工人数较上一季度缩减了12%，降至约6.6万人。
US tech giant Meta's workforce shrank 12% from the previous quarter to about 66,000 employees, Chief Financial Officer Susan Li said Wednesday.
苏珊·李在公司第三季度财报电话会议上披露了这些数据。此前该公司在夏季进行了裁员，影响了约10%的员工，相当于约8000个工作岗位。
Li disclosed the figures during the company's third-quarter earnings call, following layoffs over the summer that affected about 10% of its workforce, equivalent to around 8,000 jobs.
作为Facebook和Instagram的母公司，Meta正在扩大对人工智能基础设施和服务的投资。
The parent company of Facebook and Instagram is expanding investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure and services.
Meta将全年资本支出预期收窄至1350亿美元至1450亿美元之间，并将下限从1300亿美元上调。这笔支出用于支持为其人工智能代理和基础模型提供动力所需的计算基础设施。
Meta narrowed its full-year capital expenditure forecast to between $135 billion and $145 billion, raising the lower end from $130 billion. The spending supports the computing infrastructure needed to power its AI agents and foundation models.
首席执行官马克·扎克伯格表示，在过去的一个半月里，美国和加拿大已有超过1000万人通过公司的Muse人工智能助手设置了个人代理。
CEO Mark Zuckerberg said more than 10 million people in the US and Canada had set up personal agents through the company's Muse AI assistant over the past month and a half.
在员工人数下降的同时，Meta公布第三季度营收为646亿美元，较去年同期增长26%，超出分析师预期。
The workforce decline came as Meta reported third-quarter revenue of $64.6 billion, up 26% from a year earlier and above analysts' expectations.
该公司预计第四季度营收为730亿美元至760亿美元，其中间值超出分析师预期。财报发布后，Meta股价在盘后交易中上涨了约2.5%。
The company forecast fourth-quarter revenue of $73 billion to $76 billion, with the midpoint exceeding analysts' estimates. Meta shares rose about 2.5% in extended trading following the results.