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“The next frontier for YouTube is AI,” states YouTube spokesperson

Capitol CommunicatorOctober 30, 20251 min read

YouTube is undergoing a staffing shakeup as the company pivots to focus on artificial intelligence, offering its US-based employees voluntary buyout packages with severance, reports Deadline.

The online video platform, which launched in 2005, is, states Deadline, restructuring its products team for the first time since 2015, according to an internal memo from YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, as parent company Google‘s CEO Sundar Pichai has urged staff to embrace AI for increased productivity.

“Looking to the future, the next frontier for YouTube is AI,” said a YouTube spokesperson in a statement published by CNBC, noting that no roles are being eliminated with the restructure.

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