Meta Is in Crisis, Google Search’s Makeover, and AI Gets Booed by Graduates

# This Week in AI: Meta Cuts Staff, Google Overhauls Search, and AI Faces Growing Pushback Meta is laying off a significant portion of its workforce as the company struggles financially, while Google announced major changes to how its search engine works—including more AI features. Meanwhile, graduates and the public are increasingly skeptical about AI's real-world benefits, reflecting growing concerns about the technology's actual usefulness despite all the recent hype.