A recent report ascertains that King, a developer of Candy Crush Saga currently owned by Microsoft, is cutting down the workforce. Such layoffs are associated directly with the fact that the company introduced some sophisticated AI automation that is able to cover the basics of development and testing that have been carried out by human workers.

Highlights:

• King is executing significant workforce reductions tied to its adoption of AI.
• AI automation now performs essential game development and testing functions.
• Employees involved in creating these AI tools are among those affected.
• The primary driver is cost reduction and efficiency gains through AI automation.
• Human roles are being directly replaced by these automated systems.

According to sources, King has developed AI automation technology that is at a level where the AI can create game content on its own and test game levels to the utmost. These abilities, which in the past needed employment of human staff in large numbers, allow the company to work with fewer workers and thus the present layoffs. The improvement in efficiency is evident but the loss of human life is immense.

Some of the concerned workers helped to come up with the AI automated systems that are currently rendering their jobs outdated. It is their experience that led to making tools that simulate complex design and testing procedures with a direct effect on replacing them in the new AI automation-driven type of operations that King now adopts.

The report highlights the tangible consequences of AI automation in King as it shows how the technology replaces certain positions of human beings in the game development sector. Such a scenario shows why a focus on AI automation, in place of traditional workforce frameworks, will lead to severe short-term ramifications.