💡Google May Layoff 30,000 Employees

Plus: Supreme Court Urges AI Caution

January 02, 2024

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🚨Latest Developments

💼 Google Is Considering 30,000 Employee Layoff

Source: Wikipedia

Big Takeaway: According to Business Today, Google is considering laying off up to 30,000 employees as it integrates AI into business.

The workforce reduction would impact the ad sales department heavily. Google predicts AI to take over many digital advertising and customer support roles.
This shift towards AI could significantly reduce the need for human involvement in digital advertising and customer support services.
Google fired 12,000 employees in early 2023 in response to global economic changes.

How many tech layoffs were there in 2023?

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🇺🇸 US Supreme Court Member Urges Caution With AI

Source: Wikipedia

Big Takeaway: Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts warns about the risks of AI in year-end report. (See here)

He says AI has the potential to increase access to justice but also risks privacy and dehumanizing law, and he urges "caution and humility" in embracing new tech like AI in the courts.
Roberts says human judges will remain for a while, but AI will significantly affect their work. But there’s no mention of when he thinks AI will replace human judges.
This comes as lower courts grapple with risks of AI like hallucinations in legal filings and lawyers citing imaginary cases generated by AI tools in real briefs.

🔎Extra Insights

🦟 MIT Uses AI to Find New Antibiotics to Kill Superbugs

MIT researchers used deep learning to discover compounds that can combat antibiotic-resistant MRSA bacteria. By training models on data from 39,000 compounds, they identified candidates predicted to kill MRSA without human cell toxicity. Lab tests validated 2 compounds from commercially available libraries screened by the AI. (Full article here)

💻 Google targets AI PC market with Chromebook Plus

Microsoft and Google are both pushing AI capabilities in their latest laptop offerings. Google's new Acer Chromebook Plus 514 represents the first business-oriented model in the Chromebook Plus line. (Full article here)

🧠 AI-powered computers will soon understand what users want

AMD VP Jason Banta believes AI will make computers more personal, secure, and intuitive. He predicts wider adoption of AI laptops starting in 2024, major growth in 2025. (Full article here)

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