Not even Google's cleaning robots are safe from the tech industry's layoffs and cost-cutting efforts

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A Google office in San Francisco, California.

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A Google worker says some staffers found out which colleagues had been laid off when their emails bounced back

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a panel at the CEO Summit of the Americas.
Google said on January 20 that it was laying off 12,000 workers.

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A well-known tech blogger and venture capitalist says it might be time for Google to find a new CEO

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Om Malik
Om Malik is a prominent venture investor and tech blogger.

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Laid-off Google workers say the impersonal way the company let them go shows it's 'just as cutthroat corporate as anybody else'

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Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google Inc. speaks during an event in New Delhi on December 19, 2022
Google told affected US staff in an early-morning email on January 20 that "we no longer have a job for you."

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Sergey Brin appears to make first request in years to access Google code as AI battle heats up, report says

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Sergey Brin arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Sergey Brin at the Vanity Fair Oscars party in March 2022 in Beverly Hills.

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Google employees are internally mocking the company's Bard AI chatbot announcement, calling it 'rushed' and 'botched' in series of memes, report says

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

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Microsoft's CEO says he wants people to know the new AI-powered Bing search engine is making Google 'dance'

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai (left) and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (right)
Google CEO Sundar Pichai (left) and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (right)

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Many of AI chatbot Replika's users say they have romantic feelings for their bot companions — here's how it works

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AI chatbot Replika elicits strong emotions in some users. Some told Insider they view the bot as a romantic partner.

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Microsoft won the week but Google's big reveal is still to come in the AI search wars, Bank of America says

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai (left) and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (right)
Google CEO Sundar Pichai (left) and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (right)

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The walls are closing in on Google. Here's what it needs to do to survive.

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Google's facing intense competition from Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI, and combined with other challenges, its a tough road a ahead for the search giant.

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