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[unable to retrieve full-text content] Sundar Pichai tells Google staff he doesn’t want any more political debates in the office after firing 28 employees over …  Yahoo Finance Google fires 28 workers over Project Nimbus contract with Israeli government  NPR Google’s firings show bringing your whole self to work isn’t great  Business Insider Source link

As Google injects artificial intelligence into every product it possibly can, it’s also turning to AI to make its business more efficient. The company has launched a large language model named Goose that’s just for employees. It is designed to assist with building new products, according to internal documents reviewed by Business Insider. The documents describe Goose as a “descendant of Gemini,” its big new large language model. Goose is “trained on the sum total of 25 years of… Source link

The entertainment industry is the latest to undergo job cuts, with major companies like Disney (DIS) and Paramount Global (PARA) reportedly planning layoffs in 2024. These media giants join the wave of tech and other industries reducing headcount to cut costs amid economic uncertainty. Yahoo Finance reporters Alexandra Canal, Josh Schafer, and Brooke DiPalma discuss the growing trend of layoffs post-Covid. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full… Source link

Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Google CEO Sundar Pichai. NurPhoto/ Getty Images; Tyler Lee/ BI Googlers are fighting back against the company after years of being treated like “family.” The search giant plans to cut more jobs in 2024 after cutting 12,000 last year. Staffers have taken aim at its “glassy-eyed leaders” and organized protests in response. In 2012, Larry Page stressed how important it was that Google acted like a “family.” The… Source link

Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Google announced on Wednesday it was laying off hundreds of staff. The cuts affect staff working on Google Assistant as well as members of Google’s devices and services team. Michael M. Santiago via Getty Images Google is laying off hundreds of staff working on its devices and services. The affected staff include those working on Google Assistant and the activity tracker Fitbit. AI upstarts such as OpenAI and… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Microsoft’s AI-powered Bing Chat for Enterprise for Faculty & Staff …  Ithaca College Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Yandex reveals significant staff relocation from Russia  AIM Group Source link

Staff at Google have long lauded the company’s work perks, from freshly-made meals in its cafes to in-house massage therapists. But the dark clouds of economic recession have cast their shadow over the tech behemoth—with masseuses among those included in the company’s biggest ever round of job cuts. On Jan. 20, Google, which is owned by Alphabet, confirmed it would be axing 12,000 jobs—roughly 6% of its workforce — after rumors about layoffs had swirled for months. Some employees… Source link

Google is planning to reduce senior executives’ pay as part of a cost-cutting drive that includes laying off 12,000 workers.  Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google and its parent Alphabet (ticker: GOOG), said employees at the senior vice president level and above would get lower bonuses, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people who heard the remarks at a companywide meeting on Monday.  Source link

Google staff are overpaid and the tech giant must cut thousands more jobs, a British activist investor has said. Sir Chris Hohn, who previously donated to Extinction Rebellion, wrote in a letter dated January 20 that Google’s 12,000 layoffs did not cut deep enough to reduce bloat at the tech giant. The billionaire founder of The Children’s Investment Fund Management (TCI) , who holds a $6bn stake in Google-parent company Alphabet, wrote to chief executive… Source link