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Tone-Deaf Tech: Xbox Exec’s AI Advice to Laid-Off Workers Sparks Backlash
Matt Turnbull, Executive Producer at Xbox Games Studio Publishing, recently posted on LinkedIn, suggesting that people ...
Xbox exec suggests people use AI to lessen the pain of being laid off
Turnbull has very wisely removed his post, but it was captured by Necrosoft's Brandon Sheffield. The exec started by ...
Amidst Xbox job cuts and Microsoft’s AI push, Matt Turnbull promotes AI tools for helping manage layoffs
Microsoft, amidst layoffs impacting the Xbox division and heavy AI investments, saw Xbox Game Studios Publishing executive ...
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Just Got Laid Off By AI-Loving Microsoft? Why Not Speak To AI About It, Suggests Xbox Producer
In a week where Microsoft has gutted 9,000 jobs, closed game studios and cancelled games – all while investing heavily in AI ...
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 ...
Laid-off workers should use AI to manage their emotions, says Xbox exec
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 ...
'These tools can help you...', Microsoft Xbox exec suggests using to help laid-off workers cope, sparking backlash
Matt Turnbull of Xbox Game Studios shared a now-deleted LinkedIn post encouraging laid-off employees to lean on AI tools like ...
Microsoft Xbox layoffs June 2025 - what's clear and what's not as the weekend nears
Tracking all of the news from unfolding Xbox layoffs. Which studios are involved, which games are affected. And what we think ...