Google Assistant to be ‘supercharged,’ layoffs seemingly: Report

Google is planning to overtake the Google Assistant with generative synthetic intelligence (AI), doing so by including options that can ‘mirror’ chatbots corresponding to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, in addition to the tech large’s very personal Bard.

This is in response to Axios, which added in its report that the method may even result in a number of job cuts throughout the firm.

A ‘supercharged’ Google Assistant

As per Axios, Google VP Peeyush Ranjan, and Duke Dukellis, Director of Product, knowledgeable staff concerning the upcoming Assistant revamp via an inside electronic mail, accessed by the web site.

“There is profound potential in generative AI to transform people’s lives, and see a huge opportunity to explore what a supercharged Assistant, powered by the latest LLM (large language model) technology, would look like,” the e-mail acknowledged.

Ranjan and Dukellis added that work on the revamp was already underway.

‘Assistant teams to be reorganised’

The staff have been knowledgeable via the identical electronic mail that because of the overhaul, groups that work on and preserve Assistant can be ‘reorganised,’ and that is prone to lead to layoffs, with ‘dozens’ of individuals to lose jobs.

“As part of this update, we are also eliminating a small number of roles within the team. We have already let these teammates know, and we will provide dedicated support to help them through this transition,” the message stated.

What is generative AI?

Generative AI is a type of synthetic intelligence know-how that produces numerous forms of content material, together with textual content, imagery, audio, and artificial information.