# This week on Uncanny Valley, the team discusses Meta’s recent layoffs.

*genai · news · 2026-05-21 · WIRED*

## Key points

- Meta is forcing employees to provide training data by monitoring keystrokes with no opt-out option.
- Thousands of Meta employees are being reassigned or 'drafted' into AI teams regardless of previous roles.
- Google is transforming its search engine into agentic AI-powered assistants that proactively search and notify users.
- Google's Gemini Spark allows AI agents deep access to personal Google data, raising major privacy concerns.
- Entry-level tech jobs are rapidly disappearing as AI increasingly replaces junior engineers and job postings decline.

**Companies:** Meta, OpenAI, Google
**Countries:** United States

[Read the full story on WIRED](https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-meta-in-crisis-google-search-makeover-ai-booed-by-graduates/)

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