Microsoft, amidst layoffs impacting the Xbox division and heavy AI investments, saw Xbox Game Studios Publishing executive Matt Turnbull suggesting AI tools to help employees cope with job loss, including crafting career plans and networking messages.

Microsoft is cutting 9,000 more jobs across the company, following earlier layoffs, amid major investments in AI and cloud infrastructure.

Microsoft began job cuts that will impact about 9,000 workers, its second major wave of lay-offs this year as it seeks to control costs while ramping up on artificial intelligence (AI) spending.