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Xbox CEO Joins Federal Reserve’s Productivity And Jobs Task Force Amid Tumultuous Time

Xbox CEO Joins Federal Reserve’s Productivity And Jobs Task Force Amid Tumultuous Time https://ift.tt/SzyVoWR The United States central bank, the Federal Reserve, has announced new task forces to "advance the conduct of monetary policy," and its board has chosen Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to help guide one task force pertaining to AI, as part of a wider effort to help create jobs and keep prices stable. The new Productivity and Jobs task force will look into the "economic impact of new general-purpose technologies," including AI, to help the Fed make better policy decisions. Sharma is joined on this task force by billionaire businessman and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, along with Stanford University economics professor Charles I. Jones--he is currently on leave from the university to become a scholar-in-residence at the AI company Anthropic. Fed chairman Kevin Warsh said the new task forces are part of the group's "commitment to price stability a...

Bethesda Executive "Confused" By Microsoft's Willingness To Keep Call Of Duty On PlayStation

Bethesda Executive "Confused" By Microsoft's Willingness To Keep Call Of Duty On PlayStation https://ift.tt/wxalQqO

As part of the ongoing trial between the Federal Trade Commission and Microsoft, an internal email sent by Bethesda senior vice president of global marketing and communications Pete Hines expressing frustration regarding Xbox's inconsistent exclusivity policies has surfaced. According to the document, the email was sent to three of his Bethesda colleagues--Tood Howard, Jamie Leder, and Todd Vaughn--in February 2022.

First shared by Axios reporter Stephen Totilo via Twitter, the email begins with Hines stating he was "confused" by Microsoft representatives stating that the company is "committed to Sony" and "will make them [Call of Duty and other popular Activision games] available on PlayStation" in 2022 blog post. He then asked, "Is the below not the opposite of what we were just asked (told) to do with our own titles? What's the difference?"

After sharing an excerpt of the Xbox blog post mentioned, Hines added:

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