Google Cuts Jobs Amid Intensifying AI Competition

Google focuses on AI development, leading to layoffs in various business areas.

Core engineering team sees a reduction of a few hundred employees.

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"Voice Assistant" program division undergoes significant cuts affecting hundreds of workers.

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Hardware division streamlining eliminates roles related to Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit.

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Exact number of impacted employees unclear, but Google had 182,000+ globally in the last fall filings.

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Organizational changes aim for efficiency and alignment with major product priorities.

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Workforce shakeup part of Google's strategic investment in key priorities and opportunities.

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Intense competition for advanced AI tools among major tech firms like Google and Microsoft.

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Google's new generative AI product, Gemini, competes with Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT.

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Laid-off employees can apply for other roles within the company.

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Google provides resources like outplacement services and severance for affected employees.

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Restructuring deemed routine organizational changes by Google.

Previous layoffs in January totaled around 12,000 workers.

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