After it was announced that incoming Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma comes from a background in AI, many wondered and worried about what this could mean for the future of Xbox. After all, a recent study of game developers found that more developers than ever think generative AI is bad for gaming.
She told Variety in an interview that she has “no tolerance for bad AI.” Before this, in a memo to staff, Sharma said, “We will not chase short-term efficiency or flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop.”
It remains to be seen what any of this means in practice, however. What some may call “bad AI” or “soulless AI slop” might be seen differently by different people, after all.
