Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast Ep 734: Meta’s making AI job cuts and investments, NVIDIA’s big plays, Google brings Gemini everywhere and more AI news
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Mar 16, 2026 A packed AI news roundup with Meta building custom chips while slashing jobs and pouring money into infrastructure. NVIDIA makes a massive bet on open-weight AI. Google pushes Gemini into docs, drives, and cars. Microsoft moves into health AI. Perplexity wants your Mac to act like an AI agent, while Yann LeCun backs a bold new world-model startup.
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NVIDIA Could Win on Both Sides of AI
- NVIDIA’s planned $26 billion push into open-weight AI could let it profit from both proprietary labs and open models at the same time.
- Jordan Wilson argues better open models force OpenAI and Anthropic to buy more NVIDIA compute, while local users may also buy NVIDIA hardware to run optimized models.
Meta Builds Its Own AI Chips to Cut Dependence
- Meta launched four in-house MTIA chips to cut AI infrastructure costs and reduce dependence on NVIDIA and AMD.
- The MTIA 300, 400, 450, and 500 scale to 72-chip racks, and Meta says the 400 is its first chip that combines savings with competitive performance.
Meta Shifts From Employees to AI Infrastructure
- Meta is redirecting spending from people to AI infrastructure, with reports of 20% workforce cuts alongside massive data center and talent spending.
- Jordan Wilson ties the move to acquisitions like Manus and Moldbook, plus delays around Meta’s next model Avocado despite years of heavy AI investment.