More than 200 of Google’s subcontractors who helped test artificial intelligence products were laid off last month – with the dismissals coming after the workers had complained over low pay and poor working conditions.

The ousted workers were responsible for testing Google’s Gemini AI chatbot to help its responses sound more human and were employed through an outside firm called GlobalLogic, not Alphabet itself.

Still, Google has faced criticism in the past over the treatment of third-party contractors under its roof . 3

Some claim that the cuts, which occurred abruptly in two waves last month, were meant to crush long-running complaints about low pay and a lack of job security for the testers – who needed a master’s or a PhD to participate in a “super rater program,” which is fo

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