India, Sept. 16 -- IT major Google has laid off more than 200 contract workers who were working on its Artificial Intelligence projects, including Gemini, according to media reports.

They were removed in two rounds of layoffs last month without being given any prior notice.

"I was just cut off," Andrew Lauzon, who received an email with the news of his termination on August 15, told WIRED.

"I asked for a reason, and they said ramp-down on the project-whatever that means," Lzuaaon said.

According to the news portal, he joined Hitachi-owned GlobalLogic in March 2024 and had been working on rating AI outputs to come up with a variety of prompts to feed into the model.

"How are we supposed to feel secure in this employment when we know t...