Google layoffs: Tech giant fires 100 employees amid AI push — Here’s what we know

Google has laid off 100 of its employees in design-related roles as part of its ongoing push to accelerate its artificial intelligence (AI) agenda, according to a new report.

According to a report by CNBC, which viewed internal documents, the Google layoffs happened earlier this week. The layoffs affected the employees from “quantitative user experience research” and “platform and service experience” teams. Google also asked staff from some adjacent teams to go, as per the report.