Kevin BeaumontJul 2

Yikes, Microsoft is laying off about 10k staff, majority Xbox. What a disaster.

I fear the MS SLT is destroying the Xbox unit by trying to make a brand rather than giving gamers great experiences.

https://www.theverge.com/news/693535/microsoft-layoffs-july-2025-xbox

Microsoft is laying off as many as 9,000 employees

Microsoft’s latest job cuts come after multiple rounds of layoffs over the past year.

The Verge
Show threadKevin BeaumontJul 2

Lord, Microsoft cancelled Zenimax Online Studios new MMO - that they'd moved Elder Scrolls Online developers over to recently (hence why there's little ESO content from now on).

They've also locked the devs out of Slack without actually telling them they're fired, so they're finding out online.

Show threadKevin Beaumont
> lays off 9000 people citing pivot to AI
> tells people laid off to talk to AI
Jul 4 at 9:02amWeb
Show threadKevin BeaumontJul 7

This guy ended up on BBC News, which MS considers a tier 0 media outlet 💀 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckglzxy389zo

If anybody wonders this isn’t the first gaff with MS staff using AI and thinking they work in marketing - eg one security person posted an AI generated picture of children working in a SOC, to show how good their services are. 😅

Xbox producer suggests laid-off staff use AI to deal with emotions

An Xbox producer faces a backlash after suggesting AI tools can help to deal wih the emotions that follow job loss.

BBC News
Show threadDJGummikuhJul 7
@GossiTheDog please be careful with ambiguous acronyms. I wondered why a child would work "in" a System-on-a-Chip Computer 😅
Show threadfuzzyfuzzyfungusJul 8
@DJGummikuh @GossiTheDog Child-in-System-on-Chip packaging is absolutely essential to a scalable torment nexus. Can you imagine the cost, size, and reliability headaches of a discrete approach?
Show threadMichael WeissJul 7
@GossiTheDog you sure that was an AI image and not what the SOC actually looks like these days?
Show threadrootJul 7
@mweiss @GossiTheDog the C in MS SOC stands for Copilot
Show threadMichael WeissJul 8
@aedjmis @GossiTheDog Seriously, Only Copilot
Show threadAlan Miller  🇺🇦Jul 8
@GossiTheDog "Tay will be great for helping you with rage."
Show thread13 barn owls in a trenchcoatJul 4
@GossiTheDog i hate it here
Show threadMartin Boller     Jul 4
@GossiTheDog If I got an LLM generated "friendly letter" from a former coworker I wouldn't put a lot of effort into reciprocating in kind.
Show threadDave 🐶Jul 4
@GossiTheDog Fuck me. Why didn't he just go full hog and say: "Feeling suicidal and want someone to talk to? Perhaps ChatGPT is your answer!"?
Show threadBernard SheppardJul 4

@Cyberoutsider

Yeah, I snorted when I read that. Can I boost it or favourite it?

Fuck it, I will.

@GossiTheDog

Show threadB'ad Samurai 🐐Jul 4
@Cyberoutsider @GossiTheDog I think he did. Looks like ChatGPT's limiters on medical have been lifted, with the loss of good health insurance and all.
Show threadGytis RepečkaJul 4
@GossiTheDog Wow, such dumbass-ery from XBOX/Microsoft leadership side 
Show threadInterpipes 💙Jul 4
@GossiTheDog the whole point of keeping busy to not focus on the downside of some terrible life event is that you need "cognitive load"
Show threadDrew MayoJul 4
@GossiTheDog Hey ChatGPT, is the phrase “Read the fucking room” free of hidden biases?
Show threadmklovenotcyberJul 4
@GossiTheDog God, sometimes I wish this whole industry would burn down and "regroup".
Show threadManuel TejeraJul 4
@GossiTheDog Maybe he should do by example and get himself fired.
Show threadnigelJul 4
@GossiTheDog the world has gone insane; the cognitive dissonance and just plain assuming that everyone is a moron and will take what you say at face value just blows me away.
Show threadSam BlackJul 4
@GossiTheDog This is the new version of training your replacement?
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialJul 4

@GossiTheDog the fucking gall

I feel like punching that guy in the throat

Show threadSamael Jul 4

@gsuberland @GossiTheDog

You and probably about 9000 people... minimum... fuck me....

Show threadRairii   Jul 4
@GossiTheDog say hello to the new Xbox Copilot
Show threadDanyJul 4
@Rairii @GossiTheDog you no longer need to play yourself. XBox Copilot will game for you!
Show threadDr. Christopher KunzJul 4
@GossiTheDog It seems he has deleted the post or made it private. It's no longer in his LI post history.
Show threadJoão Tiago Rebelo (NAFO J-121)Jul 4

@christopherkunz as "great leaders" (like Stalin) say "the post wasn't ever there, what are you talking about?!?" @GossiTheDog

[In order not to be decontextualized, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_images_in_the_Soviet_Union ]

Censorship of images in the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

Show threadMathieuJul 4

@GossiTheDog That just cant' be real can it? How low self awareness can you have to write this kind of stuff?

This timeline just keeps on giving.

Show threadck0Jul 4
@GossiTheDog Linkedin at it best ...
Show threadmbpazJul 4
@GossiTheDog translation: "if we've fired you, don't bother asking us for help or advice, just talk to your computer instead. Get lost."
Show threadAdrian TombuJul 4
@GossiTheDog This is wrong on so many levels 😫
Show threadOggieJul 4

@GossiTheDog
This really does seem like a lot of effort to get a few more people to use their liebot, but I guess they really need to get those numbers up!

In all seriousness, this is just...awful.

Show threadbadambassadorJul 4
@GossiTheDog "stay kind"
Show threadwaemJul 4
@GossiTheDog i wonder what the prompt was for generating this 
Show threadXCondEJul 4
@GossiTheDog Matt Turnbull is an absolute twat.
Show threadClaudine C Jul 4
@GossiTheDog for a second I thought @davidgerard's blog had caused 9000 layoffs and didn't know whether to be horrified or impressed
Show threadDavid GerardJul 4
@claudinec @GossiTheDog i destroyed twitter, these guys are next
Show threadfuzzyfuzzyfungusJul 4

@GossiTheDog Has anyone gotten to work on the AICD-11 classification of personality disorders?

Apparently we already need it.

Show threadThe Psychotic Network FerretJul 4

@GossiTheDog Love how he follows up his instructions to talk to the machine with, "stay connected."

He basically told people to further isolate themselves within their machines, and then added, "but stay in touch!"

Show threadlucie digitálníJul 4
@GossiTheDog that is horrifying
Show threadArvīds KokinsJul 4
@GossiTheDog big "you're promoted to customer" vibes
Show threadBeeCyclingJul 4
@GossiTheDog Good thing that's been screen grabbed. Hope it will one day be presented in court as evidence for the prosecution. Or possibly by a defence lawyer, in mitigation...
Show threadDubi is here Jul 4
@GossiTheDog
"Chatgpt, write a social media post with some crappy advice for people who just got laid off to make it look like I care about them although I obviously don't"
Show threadcyberJul 4
@GossiTheDog Microsoft desperately wants you to use their crappy "AI" for everything, when no on really wants it where they put it. Rather than treating "AI" like a poor business venture and cutting their investment (which it is) they're going to subsidize the cost by laying off actual productive units of the org. Brilliant.
Show threadPhilJul 4
@GossiTheDog Do people already let Chatbots do their break-ups or are they waiting for "agents"?
Show threadJaxxAIJul 7
@GossiTheDog I'll hazard a guess that Copilot suggested the layoffs when he asked it how do we fund more AI?
Show threadChilly  🛡️ Jul 7
@GossiTheDog
🤮🤮🤮🤮
Show threadUSB Type-Steve Jul 7
@GossiTheDog joins the MS PR hall of shame right up there with "do you guys not have phones?" and "We have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity - it's called Xbox 360."