Take‑Two Cuts AI Team and Head of AI
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- Take‑Two laid off its AI team, including its head of AI, Dicken, after seven years of developing cutting‑edge technology for game development.
- Dicken posted on LinkedIn that his time at Take‑Two and with his team had ended, and he asked for help finding new positions for his staff.
- Dicken previously spent a decade at Zynga as senior director of applied AI and has now founded LuDic AI, a consulting service for AI best practices in game‑adjacent verticals.
- Strauss Zelnick reiterated his view that AI cannot create original creativity, positioning the company as an outlier amid industry AI adoption.
- Krafton, along with Square Enix and EA, has heavily invested in AI, contrasting Take‑Two’s stance.
Why it matters: Take‑Two loses an entire AI research unit and its leadership, potentially slowing its ability to leverage generative tools, while rivals like Krafton, Square Enix and EA continue to expand AI capabilities, gaining a competitive edge in game development. This shift may widen the gap between AI‑embracing studios and those that remain cautious, influencing future development pipelines and talent markets.
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