Friday, January 20, 2023

 Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs; Brin and Page called in to deal with AI challenge

 Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs
The layoffs amount to about 6 percent of the global work force at the company, the latest tech giant to make cuts after a pandemic hiring spree.

Google Calls In Help From Larry Page and Sergey Brin for A.I. Fight
A rival chatbot has shaken Google out of its routine, with the founders who left three years ago re-engaging and more than 20 A.I. projects in the works. 


Google’s chief executive, Sundar Pichai, declared a “code red” for A.I. development at his company.Credit...Max Whittaker for The New York Times