Overview
- Take-Two let go of Head of AI Luke Dicken and other AI staff, according to his LinkedIn post, and the company declined to comment.
- The shake-up follows recent claims by CEO Strauss Zelnick of "hundreds" of generative‑AI pilots across studios, leaving the status of those efforts unclear.
- Dicken, who joined in January 2025 after a decade at Zynga, did not say how many people were affected or give a reason for the cuts.
- Executives have cast generative AI as a support tool, saying GTA 6 used no generative AI and arguing Google’s Genie demo is not comparable to a full game engine.
- The news lands during a rough stretch for AI ventures, with OpenAI shutting its Sora video app, Disney walking away from a $1 billion deal, Oracle reportedly cutting thousands, and some games replacing AI voices after player pushback.