US EditionCandy Crush Developers Replaced by AI Tools at Microsoft
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Candy Crush developers replaced by AI tools at Microsoft
In early July of this year, the world of games in Microsoft's portfolio faced a major problem - mass layoffs. Employees at King, the company known for the popular game Candy Crush Saga, were particularly hard hit. Ironically, it was they who helped develop and train artificial intelligence tools for years, and now the same technology is threatening their jobs. King employees who worked on narrative design, user experience, level design and user …
The game developer King runs one of the most lucrative video games in the world with Candy Crush Saga and has now released 200 employees and partly replaces them with AI.
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