Is the internship market that bad?

I’m an alum and lately I’ve gotten several messages on LinkedIn from GT students I’ve never met asking for referrals to my company’s internship program. Mind you I don’t even work for big tech/FAANG which I thought was all any of you CS majors cared about (or at least it was back in my day). Are y’all really that desperate for internships? Or is this part of some class assignment or something? Just wondering lol. Y’all have my deepest sympathies having to deal with the BS that is networking and job searching.