New Delhi, April 6 -- Middle managers have been the target of layoffs at most companies for years. Now, two marquee firms are on their way to redefine some of these roles as the pass on the work to AI.

Last month, Meta started to give its Reality Labs unit employees one of three new job titles, according to a report by Business Insider. They are now either called "AI builder," "pod lead," or "org lead," as the company aims to become "AI-native."

Jack Dorsey's payments company Block is also doing away with the word "manager" from its hierarchy. They are now becoming "player-coaches" and build together with the team, while "individual contributors" use AI tools to let know their own decisions, instead of waiting to be told what to do.

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