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Google lays off employees working on its voice assistant::Up to 20 employees working on Google's Assistant team have been cut.

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (13 children)

I'm sorry, I don't understand. But would you like to hear why employees working on its voice assistant are being laid off by Google?

[–] [email protected] 75 points 9 months ago (12 children)

I’m about to throw my google speakers away at this point. I feel like they are becoming more and more useless. Voice commands used to work fine, but lately this is a standard occurance.

“Hey google, turn on the kitchen lights.”

“I’m sorry. It looks like that device hasn’t been set up yet.”

“Hey google, turn on the kitchen lights.”

“Power controls are not available at this time.”

“Hey google, turn on the kitchen lights”

…lights turn on…

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

I've never before been so glad to read about someone else's misfortune. Mine have been doing this for MONTHS and I thought it was just me imagining things

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