Microsoft, amidst layoffs impacting the Xbox division and heavy AI investments, saw Xbox Game Studios Publishing executive Matt Turnbull suggesting AI tools to help employees cope with job loss, including crafting career plans and networking messages.

Microsoft began job cuts that will impact about 9,000 workers, its second major wave of lay-offs this year as it seeks to control costs while ramping up on artificial intelligence (AI) spending.

Microsoft is cutting 830 jobs in Washington state, part of 9,000 global layoffs as the company continues its post-fiscal-year restructuring.