Google offers voluntary buyouts to U.S. knowledge and information staff amid search business pressure

Google is offering voluntary buyouts to U.S. employees in its knowledge and information group, which oversees core search and much of its ads business, as the company faces threats from ChatGPT and fallout from its U.S. antitrust loss. This follows earlier buyouts and layoffs in other units like platforms and devices and the ads organization, suggesting potential further cuts ahead.