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Google lays off “hundreds” more as ad division switches to AI-powered sales (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Cheese@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm not going to shed a single tear.

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)

People who work in internet ad sales may not inspire much sympathy, but automation will have much broader impacts than just this one job sector.

[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

Honestly conflicted over which I despise more. Advertisers/Marketers...or AI Advertisers/Marketers...damn.