{"id":65331,"date":"2025-07-04T00:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T23:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/xbox-invites-developers-to-ai-roundtable-the-same-day-it-does-mass-layoffs\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T00:00:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T23:00:55","slug":"xbox-invites-developers-to-ai-roundtable-the-same-day-it-does-mass-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/xbox-invites-developers-to-ai-roundtable-the-same-day-it-does-mass-layoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Invites Developers To AI Roundtable The Same Day It Does Mass Layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Yesterday was awful for people who work at Microsoft and the gaming industry in general. Thousands at the company either saw colleagues laid off or were laid off themselves, while outside observers watched as more game developers and projects were put on the chopping block. 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