On 11/01/2024 11:30, axe cometh wrote:
> THE SCOOP
> Google is laying off hundreds of people working on its voice-activated
> Google Assistant software and eliminating a similar number of roles on its
> knowledge and information product teams, a Google spokesperson confirmed
> to Semafor on Wednesday.
>
> Google told Semafor the restructuring would help improve Google Assistant
> as it explores integrating newer artificial intelligence technology into
> its products. The company announced in October that it was using its
> generative AI chatbot Bard to build a new version of Google Assistant that
> “extends beyond voice, understands and adapts to you and handles personal
> tasks in new ways.”
>
> Google has been making periodic job cuts over the past year, including in
> its recruiting and news divisions, but it has not conducted company-wide
> layoffs since last January, when it eliminated approximately 12,000 roles.
> Its parent Alphabet reported having over 180,000 employees as of September
> 2023.
>
> Title iconKNOW MORE
> Google Assistant debuted in 2016 to compete with Amazon’s Alexa and
> Apple’s Siri, and together, the three voice assistants defined the first
> wave of mainstream question-and-answer products powered by artificial
> intelligence.
>
> Over the past year, large language models — the tech behind OpenAI’s
> ChatGPT and similar tools — have transformed the market, and tech giants
> are now figuring out the best ways to integrate them into existing product
> lines.
>
> Title iconNOTABLE
> Google is also planning to restructure its 30,000-person advertising sales
> department, prompting anxiety about job cuts, The Information reported.
> The new Bard-idified Google Assistant has yet to be released, but
> 9to5Google has an overview of several new features reportedly coming to
> Android phones.
>
> https://www.semafor.com/article/01/10/2024/google-lays-off-hundreds-
> working-on-its-voice-activated-assistant
>

So no room now for human intervention.

None but the Ai to screen their mistakes.
This is a significant moment.

Personalized to also mean depersonalized.

On 12/01/2024 21:12, Truthslave wrote:
> On 11/01/2024 11:30, axe cometh wrote:
>> THE SCOOP
>> Google is laying off hundreds of people working on its voice-activated
>> Google Assistant software and eliminating a similar number of roles on
>> its
>> knowledge and information product teams, a Google spokesperson confirmed
>> to Semafor on Wednesday.
>>
>> Google told Semafor the restructuring would help improve Google Assistant
>> as it explores integrating newer artificial intelligence technology into
>> its products. The company announced in October that it was using its
>> generative AI chatbot Bard to build a new version of Google Assistant
>> that
>> “extends beyond voice, understands and adapts to you and handles personal
>> tasks in new ways.”
>>
>> Google has been making periodic job cuts over the past year, including in
>> its recruiting and news divisions, but it has not conducted company-wide
>> layoffs since last January, when it eliminated approximately 12,000
>> roles.
>> Its parent Alphabet reported having over 180,000 employees as of
>> September
>> 2023.
>>
>> Title iconKNOW MORE
>> Google Assistant debuted in 2016 to compete with Amazon’s Alexa and
>> Apple’s Siri, and together, the three voice assistants defined the first
>> wave of mainstream question-and-answer products powered by artificial
>> intelligence.
>>
>> Over the past year, large language models — the tech behind OpenAI’s
>> ChatGPT and similar tools — have transformed the market, and tech giants
>> are now figuring out the best ways to integrate them into existing
>> product
>> lines.
>>
>> Title iconNOTABLE
>> Google is also planning to restructure its 30,000-person advertising
>> sales
>> department, prompting anxiety about job cuts, The Information reported.
>> The new Bard-idified Google Assistant has yet to be released, but
>> 9to5Google has an overview of several new features reportedly coming to
>> Android phones.
>>
>> https://www.semafor.com/article/01/10/2024/google-lays-off-hundreds-
>> working-on-its-voice-activated-assistant
>>
>
>
> So no room now for human intervention.
>
> None but the Ai to screen their mistakes.
> This is a significant moment.
>
> Personalized to also mean depersonalized.

"Help!" Alexa , Siri, anyone?