Microsoft expands layoffs to 4,800 workers, with Xbox as the most affected division

Xbox is suffering a restructuring to enhance your business, and offer a complete ecosystem looking to the future Xbox Next or also known as Project Helix. Well, this restructuring seems to include the layoff of 3,200 Xbox workersincluding up to 4 studios closed completely, but this is not all. Microsoft (Xbox parent company) has announced that in total they will fire 4,800 employeeswhich means up to a 2.1% of its total workforce.

Microsoft expands layoffs beyond Xbox with another 1,600 employees affected

Within these 4,800 employees are already included 3,200 from the Xbox divisionbut Microsoft will dispense with 1,600 more employees where the majority belonged to their commercial division. Some dismissals justified by the change of computing faced with the imminent change of your business to adapt to the current markets.

Microsoft assures that AI will not directly replace laid-off workers

From the human resources department have specified that Microsoft has had to adjust to the maximum, and has specified that the Fired workers will not be replaced by Artificial Intelligence. Not directly, but the main culprit of these changes remains the Artificial intelligencewhich may have indirectly led to these layoffs in Microsoft.

The computing giant continues to learn to continue developing new skills and adapt to the day-to-day life that its users currently demand. Many of the most common tasks what we do can automatehence Microsoft continues working to offer these facilities that current users want to try on their new computers with AI.