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Google layoffs set the stage for AI battle among titans

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Claudia Chong

Claudia Chong

Published Thu, Jan 25, 2024 · 05:00 AM
    • Google has been working on AI for years, and recent events in the market have reaffirmed the need for dominance as its core search product faces an existential threat.
    • Google has been working on AI for years, and recent events in the market have reaffirmed the need for dominance as its core search product faces an existential threat. PHOTO: REUTERS

    A YEAR ago, Google’s chief executive officer Sundar Pichai told employees that 12,000 of them, representing 6 per cent of the workforce, were getting laid off.

    The company had hired when conditions were rosier and had to backtrack, he said in a mass e-mail.

    The retrenchments this time are different. This year, when 2024 rolled around, no such e-mail came. Instead, Google began quietly cutting hundreds of workers across various functions.

    Hock Lock SiewAlphabet (Google)Tech layoffs

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