Google abandoned "fairness" and took major "shortcuts" to launch the Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot despite internal concerns, according to a former high-level employee. Before ...

Google announced layoffs of about 12,000 employees late last week. On Monday, the company held an all-hands meeting with staff to discuss the job cuts. Insider obtained a recording of the meeting.

“There is a reality to it,” said Brian Ong, vice president of Google recruiting, according to a recording of the meeting reviewed by CNBC. “We are hiring less than we did a couple of years ago.

Google employees are unhappy with the salary hike received this year and have made it known to the upper hierarchy during a recent all-hands meeting, according to a report in Business Insider.