cuts It continues to affect the technology industry post-pandemic. Google laid off “several hundred” employees on Wednesday night; The move aims to reduce spending to focus on the growing competition for artificial intelligence (AI) dominance among Silicon Valley giants.

layoffs company owned by Alphabet They affect employees in different departments. According to the progress of specialized media, 9to5Googlefrom the central engineering department where he works virtual assistant From Google and the hardware company. The latter is responsible for the development of Pixel mobile phones and watches. suitable bitas well as other brand devices.

Google did not publicly announce these outages. Affected employees were notified via email, and soon after internal sources leaked it to the press. The company confirmed this information but did not provide further details about the scope of this regulation. template. Another special environment, Borderstates that “several hundred” jobs have been eliminated work For each division, this could mean laying off “about a thousand employees.”

“We are investing responsibly in our company’s highest priorities and the significant opportunities ahead,” a Google spokesperson said. The move is therefore justified to prioritize strategic work such as: artificial intelligence wave cloud computingwhere there is competition Microsoft And Amazon It’s getting more intense.

Cuts in the industry

With this disruption yet to be detailed, the technological multinational led by Sundar Pichai It deepens labor regulation, which accelerates in 2023. In January, Google announced layoffs of nearly 12,000 employees, accounting for almost 6% of its global workforce. Other companies in the tech sector have also chosen the weight loss route. Americans laid off a total of 191,000 workers last year.

Outages continue to trend in the early days of 2024. Just on Wednesday, Twitch announced the layoffs of 500 workers, representing 35% of its workforce. Amazon owns the video platform streamingIt also saved hundreds of jobs Prime Minister Video and at MGM studios.