Wyecliff Weekly | March 27th, 2026

📰 TOP STORIES + Meta Is Cutting Up to 16,000 Jobs to Pay for Its AI Bet Meta is preparing what could be its largest round of layoffs since 2022, with plans to cut at least 20% of its roughly 79,000-person workforce. Several hundred employees across Facebook, sales, recruiting, and its VR division were let go this week, with remaining staff told to work from home as leadership finalized the full scope. At the same time, Meta announced new stock options for six top executives worth up to $921 million each over five years. The company has committed $115 to $135 billion in AI infrastructure spending this year alone. That number has to come from somewhere. What it all means: Meta spent $14.3 billion acquiring AI talent last year, committed $115 billion to AI infrastructure this year, and this week started cutting the people those investments are replacing. And it's stock went up. + ChatGPT Can Now Use a Computer on Your Behalf OpenAI this week fully integrated its computer-using agent into ChatGPT for Pro, Plus, and Team users. The feature, called agent mode, lets ChatGPT navigate websites, click buttons, fill out forms, run code, book appointments, and produce finished deliverables like slide decks and spreadsheets, all from a single prompt. It combines web browsing, deep research, and task execution into one system. You give it a goal. It works out the steps. You stay in control and can take over at any point. What it all means: Agent mode lets ChatGPT book appointments, fill out forms, and build slide decks from a single prompt. It shipped this week to anyone on a Plus plan. That's 100 million users.. + Anthropic Shipped Claude Code Channels On March 20, Anthropic released Claude Code Channels, letting developers send tasks to their Claude coding session directly from Telegram or Discord. The agent runs on your machine. You run your day. It reaches you when it needs direction. The feature was a direct response to OpenClaw, a popular open-source workaround developers had been using for phone access to Claude agents. Channels ships natively, installs in minutes, and carries Anthropic's full security model. What it all means: Developers can now text their Claude coding agent from Telegram or Discord and get a reply when the work is done. The agent runs on your machine. You don't have to be at it. + Apple's Siri Deal With Google Is Deeper Than Anyone Realized New reporting from The Information this week revealed that Apple's partnership with Google extends well beyond what was announced in January. Apple has full access to Gemini inside its own data centers, can distill it into smaller models that run directly on-device, and plans to unveil a redesigned Siri at WWDC (Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference) in June. What it all means: Apple builds its own chips, its own OS, its own retail stores, and its own supply chain. It licensed its AI from Google. New reporting this week confirmed it also runs Gemini in its own data centers to distill smaller models for on-device use. 📰 MORE STORIES • Meta Is Also Losing Yann LeCun. The company's chief AI scientist and one of the founding figures of modern deep learning departed Meta this month as the company shifted from open-source research toward commercial AI products. It marks the end of an era at one of the most influential AI labs in the world. • OpenAI Shut Down Sora. OpenAI closed its standalone short-form video platform this week as part of a broader cost-cutting push. The product launched with significant fanfare but never found a business model. The underlying model technology stays. The product is gone. • In Case You Missed It: Claude Can Now Generate and Export Graphics as SVG Files. Since March 13, Claude can build interactive charts, diagrams, and visuals directly in the conversation and export them as SVG files. This is important because now, users can download and edit graphics in tools like Figma, Illustrator, or Canva. For graphic designers who adapt quickly, it compresses the production side of their work dramatically. For those who don't, a client can now go from prompt to editable graphic without them. 💡 WHY IT MATTERS Meta's stock went up when the layoff reports hit. That's not unusual at this point. In the first quarter of 2026 alone, more than 45,000 tech jobs have been cut, with AI explicitly cited as the driver in roughly 20% of those announcements At the same time, OpenAI shipped a product this week that navigates websites and takes action without a human in the loop. Anthropic's coding agent can now send you a Telegram message when it finishes a task. Apple licensed Gemini and is running it in its own data centers. The tools are getting more capable by the week. And the layoffs keep climbing For You: ChatGPT can now book a restaurant, research a product, and fill out a form while you're doing something else. This capability is sitting in the tools menu of an app already on 100 million peoples phone. The line between "AI helps me think" and "AI handles it" has changed this week. For Your Business: Every tool in this week's news, agent mode, Claude Channels, recurring tasks in Copilot, is built around the same idea: AI handling the repeatable parts of your job while you handle the parts that require judgment. The people who understand how to set that up are becoming more valuable. The roles that consist entirely of the repeatable parts are not. 🛠️ ONE THING TO TRY THIS WEEK How to Set Up a Recurring AI Task If you are just tuning in, last week, we covered setting up a custom persona so your AI already knows who you are. This week, we dive into recurring tasks. You describe the work once, set a cadence, and your AI handles it automatically from there. Morning briefings, weekly summaries, Friday recaps, and more. Here's how to set it up on the "Big 3" AI platforms. (Claude, Copilot, and ChatGPT) Claude 1. Open Claude Desktop and go to Cowork. 2. Click "Scheduled" in the left sidebar. 3. Click "+ New task" in the upper right. 4. Fill in the task name, a description of what you want done, and how often to run it. Daily, weekly, weekdays, or hourly. Note: Claude Cowork is a paid plan, and your computer needs to be awake with Claude Desktop open for scheduled tasks to run. Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365 Copilot license required) • Open Copilot at microsoft365.com/chat, in Teams, or in Outlook. • Type and submit the prompt you want to schedule. • Hover over your prompt in the chat. A clock icon will appear. Click it. • Set your start time, frequency, and how many times to run. Save. Your results land back in the Copilot chat at the scheduled time. Manage all scheduled prompts from the three-dot menu, then Scheduled prompts. ChatGPT (Plus and above) 1. Open a new chat 2. Type your task and when you want it to run in plain language. For example: "Every Monday at 8am, send me a two-paragraph briefing on AI news from the past week." 3. ChatGPT will confirm the schedule. Click to allow notifications so you get an alert when it runs. 4. To view and manage your tasks, click your profile icon and select Tasks. Note: tasks run automatically whether you're online or not. You'll get a push notification or email when each one completes. 💬 Try This Prompt "Every Monday at 8am, check my calendar for the week ahead. Write me a briefing that covers what's on my schedule, any back-to-back blocks I should know about, and one thing I should prepare before the week starts. Keep it under 150 words." Paste this directly into Claude Cowork's scheduled task setup, ChatGPT's task chat, or Copilot's prompt scheduler. Swap the day and time to whatever works for your week. The Wyecliff Weekly is brought to you by Wyecliff. Wyecliff helps businesses identify where AI fits into their operations and build it in a way that delivers real results. From Microsoft Copilot deployments to custom automation and workflow integration, we work with companies across construction, distribution, insurance, and beyond. If your team is ready to move from talking about AI to actually using it, we are happy to have that conversation. 🌐 wyecliff.ai