The company will offer a voluntary exit program to U.S.-based, full-time employees in People Operations, Google's human relations division, starting in early March, according to a memo issued by HR chief Fiona Cicconi on Tuesday that was viewed by CNBC.

Alphabet's Google cut employees in its cloud division, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

According to Bloomberg, Google met with the DOJ team last week to make the case for a lighter regulatory touch. Specifically, Google has stepped up its claims that forcing it to spin-off Chrome and limit AI investments could harm US national security, as well as security at the user level.

Google doesn’t want the US government to force it to sell off Chrome, so it’s calling it a threat to national security.