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Focusing on AI, Google Lays Off Hundreds of Employees

Focusing on AI, Google Lays Off Hundreds of Employees Illustration. Google terminated or laid off hundreds of employees. (istockphoto/coldsnowstorm) --  Google laid off hundreds of employees working on several popular products, including Google Assistant.  A Google spokesperson said the layoffs of Google Assistant employees were driven by a shift in focus towards artificial intelligence (AI). Google is indeed integrating the company's latest AI model into its products more massively.  Apart from Google Assistant, layoffs also occurred in other divisions or products such as Google Nest, Pixel and Fitbit.  "Google's core engineering team is also impacted by this change," Google said, according to CNN.  Previously it was also reported that several Fitbit founders, James Park and Eric Friedman, were stepping down as part of these planned changes.  However, Google is working to find other roles for some of the affected employees amid the ongoing restruct

Google Starts Replacing Some of Its Employees Using AI

Google Starts Replacing Some of Its Employees Using AI Worryingly, Google is starting to replace some of its employees using AI. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto/metamorworks - The movement toward job automation using artificial intelligence (AI) continues, even at the companies that pioneered the technology. This makes some people worry that the idea that robots and AI will replace humans feels increasingly real.  Referring to the latest report by The Information, Google is gradually releasing workers in the sales division whose tasks have been automated with AI. Although it is not yet clear how many humans will suffer the same fate, this latest development is a sign that humanity is just waiting for time.  Earlier this year, Google entered a new era of advertising that leverages AI. As part of the initiative, Google is trying to leverage AI technology to deliver new ad experiences, including automatically generated assets that pull content from existing ads and site

Horrified! Elon Musk's Tesla Robot Attacks Employees and Injures them

Horrified! Elon Musk's Tesla Robot Attacks Employees and Injures them Tesla's robots.   – A software engineer working at the Tesla Corporation suffered serious injuries when he was attacked by a robot that malfunctioned on the floor of the electric car maker's factory in Austin, Texas, USA.  Witnesses said last month that the robot, designed to move aluminum car parts, pinned the engineer and dug its metal claws into his back and arms, leaving the worker bleeding and falling to the floor.  The engineer programs software that controls a Tesla robot whose job is to cut car parts from freshly cast pieces of aluminum.  Tesla's robots Photo : BNN Breaking While two robots were disabled so the engineer and his crew could work on the machine, the third Tesla robot was accidentally left behind, which resulted in the attack occurring, reported the Daily Mail, Thursday, December 28, 2023.  This news only came to light this week, while the incident o