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Google terminates 200 AI contractors — 'ramp-down' blamed, but workers claim questions over pay and job insecurity are the real reason behind layoffs


Some believe they were let go because of complaints over working conditions and compensation.

Meta was offering individuals hundreds of millions to join its ranks, and entire companies were swallowed up in the race to be the first to the next big development in AI technology. But while announcements of enormous industry deals continue, there's also a lot of talk of contraction, particularly when it comes to lower-level positions like data annotation and AI response rating. All the firings come in stark contrast to the major AI developer hiring sprees that companies like Meta went on earlier this year.

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