[UK Media: Meta Cuts Employee Incentives for the Second Consecutive Year, Fully Shifts Focus to AI Arms Race] Jin10 News, February 20 – According to the Financial Times, Meta has reduced the equity incentives for most of its employees for the second consecutive year. Meanwhile, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is investing billions of dollars to recruit top artificial intelligence researchers and build data centers. According to informed sources, Meta has cut the annual stock option allocation for most employees (involving tens of thousands of staff) by about 5%, following a roughly 10% reduction last year. Meta estimates that its capital expenditure in 2026 could reach as high as $130 billion. At the same time, Zuckerberg is offering annual compensation packages and bonuses worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars to attract top AI talent from competitors. To improve capital efficiency, Zuckerberg is seeking cuts in other areas to appease investors who are anxious about the lack of returns from AI investments. In January this year, the company laid off approximately 1,500 positions in its loss-making Metaverse division.