YouTube is offering voluntary buyouts with severance for U.S.-based employees as it restructures its product organization to focus more on artificial intelligence.

The move comes as Google CEO Sundar Pichai pushes employees to boost productivity by using AI across the company.

In an internal memo to staff, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan said the platform is reorganizing its product teams for the first time in a decade.

"Looking to the future, the next frontier for YouTube is AI," a YouTube spokesperson said in a statement to CNBC. The buyouts were first reported by Alex Heath at Sources.

YouTube said no roles are being eliminated as part of the change.

Under the new structure, three product groups will now report directly to Mohan.

Christian Oestlien, previously vice preside

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