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Candy Crush developer King reportedly replacing laid off staff with AI tools they helped to build


Candy Crush developer King is reportedly replacing laid off staff with AI tools they helped to build.

Candy Crush developer King is reportedly replacing laid off staff with AI tools they helped to build. They added replacing people with AI tools was "absolutely disgusting", but the focus is "all about efficiency and profits even though the company is doing great overall". Further, some programmers have been laid off for "arbitrary reasons", said the source, claiming staff may have been removed after expressing "dissatisfaction with the company or processes".

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