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Unchanged, Minus a Fifth

Oct 15, 2026 · 0:32

The Xbox chief who swore off 'soulless AI slop' in February has opened a lab. Aki: for what? Bolt: fan ports, built with AI; her memo never says AI. 3,200 jobs cut, one in five. Lord Ozen: her priorities are unchanged, she says so! Aki: unchanged, minus a fifth.

The Xbox boss who pledged in February not to flood the ecosystem with 'soulless AI slop', pulled Gaming Copilot in May, and is cutting about 3,200 jobs, roughly a fifth of Xbox, has now set up a lab around fan ports that use AI models, in a memo that never uses the word AI.

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