According to BT report, American multinational technology company, Google recently offered 4x (300% hike) the salary to an employee who was considering a position at Perplexity AI.
However the employee in question was not directly involved with Google’s AI division and instead worked on the search team.
During an episode of The Big Technology Podcast, Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI shed light on the extensive measures taken by big tech companies like Google to retain their employees.
Pointing to the issue of adopting new technologies including AI he highlighted that it takes some while to change habits and adapt to the new technologies.
Moreover, Aravind Srinivas addressed the subject of job cuts within the technology industry. He expressed concerns regarding the ambiguous standards that companies employ to decide which employees are to be laid off.
Recently, Google has launched the AI Opportunity Initiative for Europe.
This initiative aims to equip Europe’s workforce with the necessary training and skills, enabling individuals and nations to successfully embrace the opportunities presented by AI.
Europe has the potential to take the lead in utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to build a robust and fair economy, resulting in more efficient industries, meaningful employment opportunities, and the emergence of new types of jobs.
In 2015, the company launched “Grow with Google” offering free training to help address the EU’s digital skills gap. In the years since, the company has trained over 12 million people across Europe in digital skills — in partnership with governments, small business associations, trade unions, NGOs, and local communities.
As part of the new AI Opportunity Initiative for Europe is working in partnership with governments and local communities, the company is providing a range of foundational and advanced AI training to support vulnerable communities, startups, and everyone.
Earlier in December several media reports suggested Google’s advancement in artificial intelligence may result in restructuring the ad sales department, which may impact employees from the ad sales unit at Google.
The advancement and introduction of new AI-based tools will automatically suggest and create new ads that perform well for customers.
As a result, the company plans to automate certain jobs in the ad sales and customer service department. Google ad sales unit consists of 30,000 people and AI advancement has risked the jobs of the employees.
Earlier in January Google announced to reduce the workforce by approximately 12,000 roles. The layoffs are nearly 6% of the total workforce.
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