Google layoffs: Over 200 Google AI workers fired amid pay disputes and automation concerns

Over 200 contractors who worked on evaluating and improving Google’s AI products, including Gemini and AI Overviews, have been laid off, according to a report by Wired.

Google’s AI layoffs: The reason behind the cuts

The workers were let go without warning during at least two rounds of layoffs last month. The report suggests the cuts came amid ongoing disputes over pay and working conditions. Workers claim the layoffs were partly aimed at silencing their protests about low wages and job insecurity.

In recent years, Google has outsourced much of its AI…