Be replaced by artificial intelligence. If this scenario worries many employees, it could come true in King, a study that causes the mobile game Candy Crush. Bought by Microsoft in 2023, it was beaten by the huge wave of layoffs announced in early July by the American giant.
While King is preparing to say goodbye to about 200 employees, a large part of the eliminated workforce will be replaced by artificial intelligence tools that have developed and trained according to the Mobilegamer.biz site.
“Absolutely disgusting”
Specialized in narration, user research, user experience and level design, study employees have spent years designing these tools. Some of them allow, for example, to design faster game levels. But the employees were informed that their works were threatened, which are being replaced by these tools according to the sources of Mobilegamer.biz.
Almost half of the London team working in the game Agricultural Heroes SagaOr fifty people will also know the same destination. “The fact that the tools of the AI replace employees is absolutely disgusting, but above all it is efficiency and profitability, even if the company is very good in general,” said one of the sources of the site.
While discussions continue between King management, unions and staff, many employees do not know if their position will be eliminated. According to the same source, the number of threatened positions could also be more than 200.
Source: BFM TV
