{"id":386096,"date":"2026-04-07T09:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T09:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/386096\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T09:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T09:28:07","slug":"take-two-interactive-reportedly-lays-off-ai-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/386096\/","title":{"rendered":"Take-Two Interactive reportedly lays off AI team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Take-Two Interactive has reportedly eliminated its entire AI team as part of restructuring.<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s former head of AI Luke Dicken shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7445520539647131649\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> LinkedIn<\/a> that his time with the parent company of Rockstar and Zynga had ended.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been developing cutting-edge technology to support game development now for seven years,&#8221; wrote Dicken. &#8220;These folks know how to match innovation and novel problem-solving approaches with strong product design chops to create systems that empower people throughout the development workflow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Former senior director of AI development <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/jasonleon_im-with-luke-dicken-on-this-one-over-the-share-7445651054031106048-IMyh\/?utm_source=social_share_send&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop_web&amp;rcm=ACoAAByD5EUBfxY4kCf3wHtdwCavc5euTv0rxzo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Jason Leon<\/a> added: &#8220;Over the past six years \u2013 first leading Zynga&#8217;s game services division in central tech, then spending the last 2 years building out the AI team at Take-Two \u2013 we pushed the edge of what&#8217;s possible, applying emerging technologies to real game development problems.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That chapter has come to a close, as shifting priorities from upper management have impacted my team and me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Several other team members confirmed they were affected by the layoffs.<\/p>\n<p> GamesIndustry.biz has reached out to Take-Two for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Take-Two CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/take-two-ceo-says-generative-ai-tools-are-driving-costs-and-time-efficiencies-but-that-its-worlds-are-handcrafted\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Strauss Zelnick discussed the firm&#8217;s stance on AI<\/a> with GamesIndustry.biz, clarifying that it is &#8220;embracing AI as we always have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been enthusiastic since the very beginning,&#8221; said Zelnik. &#8220;This company&#8217;s products have always been built with machine learning and artificial intelligence. We&#8217;ve actually always been a leader in the space, and right now we have hundreds of pilots and implementations across our company, including within our studios. And we&#8217;re already seeing instances where generative AI tools are driving costs and time efficiencies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That said, do I think tools by themselves create great entertainment properties? No, there&#8217;s no evidence that that&#8217;s the case and it won&#8217;t be the case in the future. Specifically with regards to GTA 6, Generative AI has zero part in what Rockstar Games is building. Their worlds are handcrafted. That&#8217;s what differentiates them. They&#8217;re built from the ground up, building by building, street by street, neighbourhood by neighbourhood. They&#8217;re not procedurally generated, they shouldn&#8217;t be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He concluded: &#8220;What I&#8217;ve said, and continue to say, is that tools don&#8217;t replace creativity and tools are not projects, they&#8217;re different things.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Take-Two Interactive has reportedly eliminated its entire AI team as part of restructuring. 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