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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...
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Star Wars Jedi Boss Stig Asmussen Leaves EA

Star Wars Jedi Boss Stig Asmussen Leaves EA https://ift.tt/8b3Aeqk

Game director Stig Asmussen, known for his work on God Of War and later EA's Star Wars Jedi games, has announced that he will be leaving Respawn to pursue other opportunities, Bloomberg reports. Under his leadership, the single-player Star Wars Jedi titles helped to revitalise EA's slate of Star Wars games, with both games achieving critical and commercial success.

"After careful thought and consideration, Stig Asmussen has decided to leave Respawn to pursue other adventures, and we wish him the best of luck," an EA spokesperson said on the announcement. "Veteran Respawn leaders will be stepping up to guide the team as they continue their work on Star Wars Jedi: Survivor."

Jedi: Survivor launched this April, and continues to get updates for performance and quality of life. Asmussen said before Survivor's launch that the team went into developing the game with plans for a sequel in mind, with an insider reporting developers at Respawn assumed there would be a third Jedi game provided Survivor performed well. With all reports referring to the broader Star Wars: Jedi team, it's possible that a third game could still go ahead without Asmussen in the lead.

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