1. searchengineland.com

    Jan 22, 2024Appen, an Australian data services company that Google contracted with for a large number of its third-party search quality raters, was notified by Google that its contract is ending on March 19.
  2. restofworld.org

    Feb 1, 2024Last January saw 12,000 jobs cut, and already this year there have been more painful cuts and restructuring — although the total number of layoffs is still unclear. But one cut stood out in particular, ending the company's $82.8 million contract with the outsourcing firm Appen, which provided search raters to test the quality of Google Search.
  3. theverge.com

    Jan 23, 2024Google ended its contract with Appen, an Australian data company involved in training its large language model AI tools used in Bard, Search, and other products, even as the competition to develop ...
  4. abcnews.go.com

    Feb 10, 2025The contracts continued to grow under Biden, reaching $3.7 billion during the 2024 fiscal year. ... Musk himself has not discussed the specifics of the cuts. Last week, DOGE's official social ...
  5. timesofindia.indiatimes.com

    Jan 28, 2024Google has terminated its contract with Appen Ltd, the Australian company responsible for labeling vast amounts of training data for Bard, Google's conversational AI platform. In a statement ...
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