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Xbox Game Studios exec gives ‘AI prompts’ to laid-off Microsoft employees to handle emotional stress caused by job loss; deletes post after backlash
An Xbox executive, Matt Turnbull, suggested laid-off Microsoft employees use AI chatbots for support, including career ...
How AI can help you navigate layoffs, according to one executive producer at Xbox
Following the news that 9,000 people are being laid off at the company, one Xbox executive offered some questionable words of ...
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Xbox layoffs: Microsoft closes studio The Initiative, cancels Perfect Dark, Everwild, and unannounced projects
Update 3, July 2, 2025: Microsoft is reportedly closing The Initiative, and cancelling the Perfect Dark reboot that was fully ...
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Communication Workers of America labor union delivers statement on Xbox layoffs
The Communication Workers of America (CWA) labor union expresses its disappointment with Microsoft in a public statement on ...
Even before the Xbox layoffs, there was 'tension' at Halo Studios
At least five employees at Halo Studios have been fired as part of company-wide layoffs at Microsoft on Wednesday, according ...
AI Is Not in the Memo, but It Haunts Every Layoff at Xbox
Microsoft’s Xbox division just laid off thousands of employees, shut down an entire game studio, and canceled multiple ...
‘Why H-1B requests?’ Microsoft layoffs spark strong reactions; questions around foreign hirings
Microsoft announced that it is laying off about 9,000 workers in its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more ...
Xbox was funding Romero Games' new game, but layoffs have left the project in crisis
The news was initially confirmed in a statement signed by Brenda Romero and posted on X. “Last night, we learned that our ...