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Google India sacks 453 people from various operations: Report
- Google has reportedly terminated 453 employees across various departments in India, according to sources.
- Sanjay Gupta, the Country Head and Vice President of Google India, is said to have sent out a mail to the affected employees.
- In December 2022, Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc, had announced a global workforce reduction of 6% or 12,000 employees.
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Google CEO tells employees some of company’s top products ‘were not first to market’ as AI competition intensifies
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai urged employees to test the company's AI chat tool, Bard, in response to criticism of slow leadership response to ChatGPT and Microsoft.
- Pichai asked employees to spend 2-4 hours testing Bard, with more detailed instructions to come next week.
- Pichai reminded employees that Google's most successful products were not necessarily the first to market, but solved important user needs and were built on deep technical insights.
- The email follows Google's recent announcement of conversation technology Bard, which faced criticism for a rushed rollout and resulted in a 9% stock price drop.
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'Bomb at Pune Branch': Google’s Mumbai office gets threat call, 1 arrested
- On Monday, the Mumbai office of Google received a threat call indicating that there was a bomb planted at the company's Pune office.
- In response to the threat, the police registered a case at Mumbai's BKC police station and started a probe into the matter. As a result of their investigation, they have arrested one person in Hyderabad in connection with the case.
- The police are currently investigating the matter to determine the source of the threat and ensure the safety of all involved. The tech giant is cooperating with the authorities to resolve the situation and ensure the safety of its employees.
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Google miscalculated stock severance, apologizes to laid-off workers
- Google has made an error in the calculation of the stock severance which was to be received by its recently laid-off employees. The miscalculation occurred because the company counted the stock grants twice.
- Affected employees received tens of thousands of dollars less than initial estimates, causing disappointment.
- Employees have accused the company of creating confusion due to lack of clarity in initial emails.
- Google apologizes for incorrect stock severance information in initial email, confirms correct information on support site and detailed documentation.
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Google warns against 'hallucinating' AI chatbots: Report
- Google's search engine boss warns against AI chatbot pitfalls in a newspaper interview.
- Prabhakar Raghavan, senior vice president at Google and head of Google Search, expressed concern over AI-powered chatbots potentially leading to "hallucination" and providing false answers.
- Google's parent company Alphabet introduced Bard, its own chatbot, but it received criticism for providing inaccurate information in a promotional video.
- Alphabet is still conducting user testing on Bard and has not yet indicated when it will be released to the public.
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Google & Apple extend aid for earthquake victims in Turkey & Syria
- Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria cause massive loss of life and property.
- Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai express condolences on Twitter.
- Cook announces Apple will be donating towards relief and recovery efforts.
- Pichai announces that Google has activated SOS alerts and the company and employees will support relief and recovery efforts.
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Google launches ChatGPT rival called 'Bard'
- Google has announced the launch of its latest artificial intelligence (AI) technology, an AI chatbot called Bard.
- Bard will be directly competing with ChatGPT, the AI service created by OpenAI.
- The technology behind Bard is Google's large language model LaMDA, or Language Model for Dialogue Applications.
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai wants Bard to be "bold and responsible" and aims to use AI to provide synthesized insights on complex questions in search.
- Before its widespread availability to the public, Bard will be made available to a group of "trusted testers."
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Google exec fired after female boss groped him at drunken bash: Reports
- A former Google executive is suing the company, claiming he was fired after rejecting a female boss's advances at a work dinner.
- The lawsuit alleges that the boss groped the executive, made sexually charged comments, and retaliated against him.
- The ex-employee alleges that the company's HR department did not take action after he reported the incident.
- The executive was later fired by Google, with the company citing a lack of "inclusivity."
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai to experience significant reduction in salary following layoffs of 12,000 employees
- Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet, will take a pay cut as part of the company's cost cutting measures.
- Top Google executives will also experience significant reductions in their annual bonuses.
- The pay cuts are linked to the company's performance for senior roles.
- The news comes after Google announced the largest round of layoffs in the company's history and amid similar downsizing measures from other tech giants like Microsoft, Amazon, and IBM.
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Why are employees fired by Sundar Pichai calling themselves the 'Golden 12K'?
- Former employees of Google who were laid off, are calling themselves the 'Golden 12K'. This term was coined by one of the impacted employees.
- The employee who came up with the term explained that the name was chosen because, despite being laid off, they had gained valuable experience during their time at Google.
- Google announced plans to lay off around 12,000 employees worldwide earlier this month. The term 'Golden 12K' is a reference to the number of layoffs.
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Google techie laid off right after taking leave for mother's death, expresses pain on LinkedIn
- A software engineer was fired by Google shortly after returning to work following the death of his mother in December.
- The individual, Tommy York, expressed feelings of betrayal and disrespect in a LinkedIn post.
- Despite the negative experience, York expressed gratitude for being able to spend time with his mother before her passing.
- He also emphasized the importance of not overworking for a company, prioritizing time for personal and family matters.
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Work for Money & Move On: Layoffs at Tech Giants leave disillusioned employees
- Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta, previously considered as safe places to work, have recently carried out large layoffs.
- Google conducted the largest layoffs in its history, Microsoft announced it will lay off 10,000 employees in 2023
- Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, fired over 11,000 employees in November.
- Tech giants have faced backlash from employees over recent large-scale layoffs, with complaints of poor firing methods, lack of loyalty.
- Google is facing criticism for firing people despite a $17 billion net profit in Q3, and calls for the dismissal of CEO Sundar Pichai.
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Hedge fund billionaire asks Sundar Pichai to lay off 20% Google employees
- British billionaire Christopher Hohn, a hedge fund manager, has advised Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai to decrease the company's workforce in a letter.
- "The decision to cut 12,000 jobs is a step in the right direction, but it does not even reverse the very strong headcount growth of 2022", Hohn wrote.
- I believe the management should aim to reduce headcount to around 150,000... This would require a total headcount reduction in the order of 20 percent." he further added.
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Tech giants that have announced layoffs in recent weeks
- Google on Friday announced layoffs of 12,000 employees, representing 6% of its global workforce.
- Microsoft announced plans to reduce its workforce by cutting 10,000 jobs, representing nearly 5% of its total workforce, earlier this week.
- Amazon announced the layoffs of around 18,000 employees globally this week and Salesforce has also revealed plans to let go of 8,000 employees.
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'See you as 100% disposable': Employee laid off at 3 am after 16 years with Google
- An ex-Google employee named Justin Moore, revealed on LinkedIn that he was among the 12,000 workers laid off by the company.
- "Employers- especially big, faceless ones like Google- see you as 100% disposable. Live life, not work," he wrote.
- Moore, who had been an engineer at Google for 16 years, was laid off at 3am and his account was deactivated.
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