Xbox Game Studios Executive Producer Matt Turnbull recommends that Microsoft employees who were recently laid off use AI chatbots to deal with unemployment, providing specific prompts to help workers navigate unemployment. Turnbull's deleted LinkedIn post suggested using tools like ChatGpt and Copilot to “help reduce the emotional and cognitive load associated with unemployment.”Turnbull's recommendation is because Microsoft cut 9,100 employees across the company, and Xbox Divisions is particularly affected by studio closures and game cancellations. “These are truly challenging times. If you're navigating layoffs or preparing quietly, you don't have to go alone, not alone,” Turnbull wrote in the original post.Executives provided detailed AI prompt proposals to affected workers, including career planning support. [role] In the gaming industry. Help reorganize, investigate new roles, and plan a 30-day plan to start applying without burning out. ”
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His recommendations range from emotional support, suggesting that workers ask AI.His recommendations range from emotional support, suggesting that workers ask AI.The executive emphasized that “AI tools are not a substitute for your voice or your living experience,” but argued that these tools help workers “become faster, calmer and clearer.”The proposal attracted criticism from gaming industry experts and urged Turnbull to delete his post. This timing has proven particularly sensitive as Microsoft invests $80 billion in AI infrastructure and simultaneously cuts its workforce.Xbox Head Phil Spencer acknowledged the difficult moment of notes to employees. Spencer explained that cutting is necessary to “position the game to endure success,” focusing on “strategic growth areas.”The layoffs represent Microsoft's fourth round of employment cuts in 18 months, following previous cuts affecting Activision Blizzard, Xbox Studios and other gaming sectors.
