Microsoft announced that Gaming CEO Phil Spencer and Xbox President Sarah Bond are leaving the company, with Asha Sharma — previously president of Microsoft's CoreAI product and a former Instacart and Meta executive — appointed as the new gaming chief. In an internal memo, Sharma outlined three commitments: building "great games beloved by players," prioritizing Xbox, and pledging that Microsoft "will not chase short-term efficiency or flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop." She added that games "are and always will be art, crafted by humans," while signaling that monetization and AI will still shape the company's future direction.

Microsoft's new gaming CEO vows not to flood the ecosystem with 'endless AI slop' - TechCrunch