Microsoft’s AI future has fewer jobs

Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 employees in the US, UK, Canada, and India, part of an effort to lower operating costs and headcount while protecting AI infrastructure investment. The company now employs around 223,000 people as of June 30th, down 5,000 year over year, and eligible employees have until December to decide on the offer. The piece also covers Dan Greenawalt's departure from Turn 10 Studios, a reported title for The Elder Scrolls VI, and the exit of Xbox's first COO Helen Chiang.