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🕵️ Google cuts 12 thousand jobs in favor of AI

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Martin Crowley & Liam Lawson
January 12, 2024

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EMPLOYMENT & AI

Our Report: Google has cut over 12,000 roles since the start of January 2023, and in their latest layoff, they’ve cut 1000 Google employees from multiple divisions.

🔑 Key Points:

  • The divisions affected include the voice-activated Google Assistant and Devices and Services PA (DSPA) team, the Pixel team, the Nest team, and Fitbit hardware (which they recently acquired).

  • Google confirms the layoffs but describes them as part of ‘organizational changes’ for efficiency and alignment with product priorities—much to the dismay of the Alphabet Worker’s Union.

  • Furthermore, they’ve also scaled down their AR hardware team and consolidated their engineering teams and the Google Assistant team with a focus on integrating AI-powered features.

🤨 Why you should care: Google's significant workforce reduction and strategic restructuring highlight the shifting priorities in the tech industry, particularly in the areas of voice assistance and wearable technology. The departure of key figures like the Fitbit founders signals a new direction for Google's hardware and services strategy.

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SECTOR

  • Backed by OpenAI, the Norwegian startup 1X Technologies has raised $100M in funding to bring humanoid robots into everyday living spaces.

  • The humanoid robot NEO is designed for home assistance, capable of performing a range of domestic tasks, including, but not limited to, fetching items and providing companionship.

  • At 165 cm tall and weighing 30 kg, NEO's human-like dexterity gives it the capability to deadlift or squat 75kg.

  • In the future, 1x Technologies envisions its technology integrated across manufacturing, security, logistics, and other sectors.

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"Using the 'Emotional Value Proposition' framework, please write a marketing campaign outline that speaks to the [emotional needs] of [ideal customer persona] and presents our [product/service] as the solution that will fulfill those needs. Identify the [desired emotion], create a [story] that evokes that emotion, and include [testimonials] from customers who have experienced that emotion after using our product."

Indiana / $ Competitive / Flexible working times

“The Associate in this role is required to watch the video of the stowing action at a fulfillment center, understand it thoroughly, and make the best use of human judgment in combination with the tools and resources to indicate the activity captured in the video. They are expected to verify or mark the location of product through a tool while maintaining highest level of accuracy. This process helps in maintaining the fulfillment center's stow quality. This is an operational role. Under general supervision, the Associate performs precise and thorough video/image annotations with high degree of accuracy and duration.”

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“We’re looking for a Head of Developer Relations to help the creator and developer community flourish by sharing their passion and knowledge for storytelling, games, characters, AI, and Inworld. We're looking for a creative technologist whose passion for gaming and storytelling is only matched by their drive to connect authentically with people online and in person. By showcasing the potential of Inworld’s AI characters – at game jams, conferences, Discord, or elsewhere – you will enhance users’ skill sets and spark excitement about limitless possibilities for creativity with Inworld.”

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“In this MLOps role, you will collaborate with data scientists, analysts, business and IT teams to design, implement, and deploy Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) services using Python, PySpark, Azure services, Databricks, Terraform, and other open-source software. You will embrace and enforce best practices in our data science community with automated, repeatable data pipelines.“

COMEDY & CULTURE

  • An AI-generated special titled “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead,” featuring an impression of the late comedian George Carlin, has been released.

  • Created by the AI Dudesy, it mimics Carlin's voice, cadence, and comedic style. However, Carlin’s daughter has expressed disapproval—instead suggesting that people listen to Carlin's original 14 specials for genuine content.

  • Developments such as this raise ethical, moral, and philosophical concerns. Should individuals be allowed to mimic the artistry of popular individuals? Even if it’s just in tribute?

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RETAIL

  • Google Cloud has introduced new GenAI products aimed at revolutionizing retail, including the capabilities for retailers to integrate GenAI-powered chat agents into their websites and apps for tailored customer interactions.

  • Additionally, a Content Enrichment toolset uses GenAI models to generate product descriptions and images from minimal inputs, furthering efficiency for online retailers.

  • Unveiled at the National Retail Federation's conference in NYC, these products are designed to enhance online shopping experiences and optimize back-office operations.

Expect to see AI integrated into almost every stage of the online shopping process in this coming year…

TECH WEARABLES

  • Rabbit's R1 (the AI pocket companion we mentioned in yesterday’s newsletter) sold out its first 10,000 units in just one day after debuting at CES 2024.

  • The R1—priced at $199—is known for its ability to manage apps through a single interface, using a 'Large Action Model' as a universal app controller (imagine ChatGPT but across all your accounts, with intuition).

  • While the initial batch is sold out, preorders for the next production run are available, with expected delivery between April and May 2024.

Over the past year, AI Tool Report has worked with Hubspot, Brave Browser, SurfShark, Guidde, Graft & many more—presenting their AI products/services to over 490,000 AI enthusiasts, boasting:

  • A consistent 52% open rate

  • Best-in-class ad performance

  • A growing ecosystem of AI products/services

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