Xbox’s leader Asha Sharma is making headlines again, but not for reasons you’d expect. Fresh off announcing a restructuring at Xbox that resulted in a whopping 3,200 job losses, Sharma was tapped to join a US government task force focused on employment. This move is raising eyebrows, and for good reason—it feels a bit ironic, right?
Sharma has joined the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve to advise on productivity and jobs. Her role involves examining the impact of AI on the workforce, which ties back to her extensive background in AI, including leading Microsoft’s CoreAI division. But with the recent shake-up at Xbox, where several studios were gutted and Game Pass numbers took a hit, her new role leaves many wondering about her approach. For more on how Xbox is navigating the AI landscape, check out Xbox’s recent AI initiatives.
It’s intriguing that Sharma is the only acting executive in a group filled with big names like venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and Stanford’s Charles I. Jones. With AI playing a huge part in her career—she’s got ties all over Silicon Valley—it’s worth asking if her ‘reset’ approach at Xbox might pop up in her advice to the Federal Reserve. For a deeper dive into Xbox’s current challenges, here’s how Elder Scrolls 6 has been affected by the layoffs.
Keep an eye on those Federal Reserve updates. Who knows what insights Sharma might bring from her Xbox days?
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