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Phil Spencer Says Xbox Uses AI Mainly for Safety, Leaves Creative Use to Studios

The Paley Summit comments respond to scrutiny over creative control during Microsoft's wider AI push.

Overview

  • Spencer said Xbox's current AI work is focused on moderation, account protections, and network security at a scale people alone cannot handle.
  • He explained that parental-control enforcement and safeguarding conversations on Xbox Live are primary operational uses today.
  • Decisions about applying AI in game development are left to individual teams, and he rejected any top-down mandate to use specific tools.
  • He noted AI could eventually aid production tasks like rapid prototyping to speed creative workflows, but said such uses remain hypothetical for now.
  • The remarks were made in Palo Alto at the Paley International Council Summit alongside Tim Schafer, following reporting that has intensified discussion of studio autonomy at Microsoft Gaming.