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An Xbox executive suggested that laid-off employees use AI for emotional support and career guidance The suggestion sparked backlash and led the executive to delete their LinkedIn post Microsoft ...
One of the studios affected was King, developer of Candy Crush. King was acquired by Xbox in the massive $69 billion acquisition of Activision-Blizzard-King, and now the studio is set to absorb ...
An Xbox producer has faced a backlash after suggesting laid-off employees should use artificial intelligence to deal with emotions in a now deleted LinkedIn post. Matt Turnbull, an executive ...
If the report proves to be genuine, it appears that Xbox King Studio is seeking to utilize AI tools to expedite content creation. However, it will come at a great cost to the staff.
After a round of layoffs by Microsoft in early July, Candy Crush developer King and related teams at Xbox have been notified via an internal memo that their terminated positions will be filled by ...
Software AI Fresh from telling laid-off employees to console themselves with AI, Microsoft doubles down by advertising Xbox jobs with pathetic AI image: 'So tone deaf I hope it is satire' ...
AI investments at Microsoft are reshaping the company.
After Mass Layoffs, Xbox Game Studios Producer Recommends AI To Former Workers This recent mass layoff comes in the wake of another series of layoffs earlier in 2025, which cut the positions of ...
Matt Turnbull, an executive producer at Xbox Game Studios Publishing, wrote the post after Microsoft confirmed it would lay off up to 9,000 workers, in a wave of job cuts this year.