Just Got Laid Off By AI-Loving Microsoft? Why Not Speak To AI About It, Suggests Xbox Producer

Just Got Laid Off By AI-Loving Microsoft? Why Not Speak To AI About It, Suggests Xbox Producer

Published on July 4, 2025

"I know these types of tools engender strong feelings in people".

In a week where Microsoft has gutted 9,000 jobs, closed game studios and cancelled games – all while investing heavily in AI – you wouldn't assume it would be a good idea for a senior Xbox producer to peddle Artificial Intelligence as the best way for now-jobless Microsoft employees to overcome stress, but here we are.

Speaking in a now-deleted post on LinkedIn, Xbox Game Studios Executive Producer Matt Turnbull – an individual with games like Crackdown 3, State of Decay 2, Kinect Adventures and Forza Motorsport 4 to his name – suggested that staff impacted by the layoffs should turn to AI to ease their concerns and find a new job (thanks, VGC).

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