Overview

• Microsoft laid off 9,000 employees across its gaming and Xbox divisions in July as it shifts resources toward artificial intelligence.
• Both Matt Turnbull’s ChatGPT guidance post and Mike Matsel’s AI-generated job advertisement remain visible on LinkedIn with no official Microsoft statement.
• Mike Matsel’s hiring announcement featured a flawed AI image marked by a backward monitor, misaligned shadows and nonsensical keyboard details.
• Industry commentators and social media users have criticized these communications as insensitive to recently laid-off workers and evidence of poor AI oversight.
• Microsoft has declared AI “no longer optional” for its staff and plans to invest $80 billion in AI infrastructure this year, stoking concerns over automation’s impact on human roles.