Google revamping Assistant with focus on generative AI, Axios reports

Google is revamping its Assistant to focus on using generative AI, starting with the mobile version, and is reorganizing related teams, Ina Fried of Axios reports. The company said in the email it’s making a small number of layoffs in conjunction with the shift. According to sources, the move will involve eliminating dozens of jobs out of the thousands of employees who work on the Assistant. We remain deeply committed to Assistant and we are optimistic about its bright future ahead,” Google VP Peeyush Ranjan and director of product Duke Dukellis wrote in an internal e-mail to employees.