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Alphabet's Google cut employees in its cloud division, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The size of the layoffs or how many workers have been affected was undetermined,

Google is trimming jobs in its cloud division as it doubles down on artificial intelligence, according to Bloomberg. While

During a swathe of post-pandemic job cuts made by big tech companies, Alphabet announced plans to lay off 6% of its workforce in January 2023 – a figure representing around 12,000 individuals.

The tech giant will offer a voluntary exit program to U.S.-based, full-time employees in its human relations unit known as People Operations, beginning in early March, the report added, citing a memo issued by HR chief Fiona Cicconi.

The size of the layoffs or how many workers have been affected was undetermined, Bloomberg said, adding that the round of cuts impacted only a few teams.

Google has told staff in its “People Operations” and cloud organisations in the US this week that it is planning a layoff as part of an internal reorganization. This comes after chief financial officer (CFO) Anat Ashkenazi said that one of her top priorities would be more cost-cutting as Google missed its fourth quarter revenue expectations and is also looking to expand its spending on Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure this year,

The layoffs follows a period of slower growth in Google’s cloud business and increased expenditure on AI initiatives.