- Take-Two has fired its head of AI development and his entire team in a new restructuring.
- The team was working on cutting-edge technology to help with game development.
- The company has embraced generative AI but recently distanced itself from platforms like Genie after taking a hit to its stock value.
As time passes, more and more game studios are backing AI to make game development more efficient. Even the head of Arc Raiders, one of the best-selling games of 2025, believes that AAA titles can be made on a fraction of the current budget by utilising the technology.
Take-Two, one of the industry’s giants, has said that AI can never replace jobs, and also assured fans that GTA 6 will not have any AI-generated assets. However, the company, like many others, is building towards a future that leverages AI, but it has encountered a small hurdle.
Why it matters: Despite embracing generative AI, Take-Two might be rethinking its AI approach after people got worried that platforms like Genie could generate titles like GTA in a few years.
Luke Dicken, the head of AI at Take-Two Interactive, revealed on LinkedIn that he has been laid off by the company alongside the rest of his team.
The developer had been working at Zynga for a decade before becoming the AI head at Take-Two in early 2025, after Take-Two acquired Zynga a few years earlier. As per the post, Dicken was helping the gaming giant make cutting-edge technology to support game development, something his team had been working on for 7 years.
The former AI head and his team were developing AI tools to empower developers. However, his time at the company has come to a shocking end.
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has previously stated that the company was embracing generative AI to reduce costs and make game development easier. However, the gaming giant has also tried to distance itself from the technology after its stock took a hit amid investor concern that Genie could make titles like GTA very soon.
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