The European Commission said it's “checking whether Microsoft's investment in OpenAI might be reviewable” under regulations covering mergers and acquisitions
Pichai met Prime Minister Modi here on Friday and also announced the opening of Google’s global fintech operation centre in the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) in Gandhinagar
The 9,000 job cuts, which will be completed by mid to late April, are in addition to the massive 18, 000 layoffs that the company undertook since November last year
The development came after Alphabet Inc, the parent of Google, announced mass layoffs of 12,000 employees or six per cent of its workforce, to combat economic hardships
Alphabet's job losses will affect teams across the company including recruiting and some corporate functions, as well as some engineering and products teams