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Microsoft layoffs: Xbox executive suggests laid-off workers ask ChatGPT for career advice
While more people are turning to ChatGPT for low-cost therapy and advice, experts have raised concerns about the safety and ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Xbox Boss 'Not Retiring Anytime Soon,' Microsoft Promises
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has been in charge of Xbox for over a decade and the company says he’s not leaving anytime ...