A report suggests that many of the staff at King laid off by Microsoft are being replaced by AI tools they helped build.

Microsoft’s extensive gaming portfolio was hit hard by sweeping layoffs earlier this month. The situation appears to have been particularly galling for staff at Candy Crush developer King who are ...

Turnbull acknowledged that people have some “strong feelings” about AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot, but suggested that anybody who’s feeling “overwhelmed” could use them to get advice about ...

Principal Development Lead for Xbox Graphics, Mike Matsel, shared the "Xbox Graphics Is Hiring" post on the professional ...

The gaffes aren't about generative AI-made content. They're about how you treat your staff when you make changes driven by AI ...

Gaming Industry Microsoft's 200 laid-off King devs are reportedly being replaced by AI they helped build, while its 'absolute 's***show' HR department looks away and whistles News ...

The source also claims the total number of King employees laid off could be more than 200. Staff have been let go in the London, Barcelona, Stockholm and Berlin studios, as well as many ...

An Xbox executive's suggestion that laid-off Microsoft employees use AI chatbots like ChatGPT for emotional support sparked backlash online, highlighting tensions as the company invests heavily in ...

In other words, this is a classic AI-generated image, aka slop. The thing is, this is being posted by a senior figure at Xbox and is explicitly about hiring graphics designers.

07-07-2025 WORK LIFE XBox exec suggests Microsoft laid off employees ask AI for help In a deleted LinkedIn post Matt Turnbull suggested employees use AI to help with the “emotional load” of ...

Xbox exec suggests people use AI to lessen the pain of being laid off Microsoft has just laid off 9,000 people while investing $80 billion in AI By Rob Thubron July 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM 19 comments ...

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' ...