A new unit at Meta devoted to artificial intelligence is turning into real-world hell for employees, according to a new report. At a live-streamed meeting earlier this month reported by Wired, a disgruntled person interrupted speakers to go on an expletive-filled tirade about “being the company’s b—h,” raving that an unnamed Meta AI exec should be told, “he’s a piece of s–t.” The incident highlights growing frustration inside Meta’s Applied AI team, which was formed in March to support the work of AI researchers at Meta Superintelligence Labs – and comes as anxiety has lingered after a brutal round of layoffs targeting 8,000 employees last month. Wired reported widespread dissatisfaction with how Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta assembled the unit of about 6,500 engineers and product managers, finding employees are fed up with the drudge work they say is required of them to improve AI models. “It’s literally the gulag,” an unnamed worker told Wired. Meta workers called the work easy compared to the software development they previously did, but complained that it’s menial and say “almost all” employees seem unhappy. “Most people find the work soul-crushing,” a second employee was quoted as saying. In another sign of employee discontent, more than 1,600 workers reportedly signed a petition calling on Meta to stop a recent initiative to monitor US employees’ keyboard and mouse activity in order to generate