An Xbox executive's suggestion that laid-off Microsoft employees use AI chatbots like ChatGPT for emotional support sparked backlash online, highlighting tensions as the company invests heavily in ...

The job cuts affected the company's gaming division, mainly Xbox staffers — just a few months prior, Microsoft cut 6,000 jobs, providing the same reasoning as recent layoffs and in the wake of a ...

Matt Turnbull, Executive Producer at Xbox Games Studio Publishing, wrote a post that advised anyone who had lost or was losing their job to use AI tools, including Microsoft's own Copilot, for ...

Xbox executive producer Matt Turnbull has responded to the massive layoffs across Microsoft and Xbox in a now-deleted LinkedIn post suggesting laid off employees use AI tools such as ChatGPT for ...

07-07-2025 WORK LIFE XBox exec suggests Microsoft laid off employees ask AI for help In a deleted LinkedIn post Matt Turnbull suggested employees use AI to help with the “emotional load” of ...

In a now-deleted LinkedIn post, Xbox Games Studios executive producer Matt Turnbull recommended that laid-off workers use AI tools to "reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job ...

TL;DR Key Takeaways : Anthropic’s AI system, Claude, is increasingly being used for emotional support, raising ethical, social, and technical concerns about its integration into personal contexts.

With the growing accessibility of artificial intelligence, people are increasingly turning to ChatGPT for emotional support and guidance—sometimes even as an alternative to therapy. According to ...