简而言之 美联储任命 Xbox 首席执行官阿莎·夏尔马 (Asha Sharma) 为研究人工智能对就业和生产力影响的特别工作组成员。 夏尔马与马克·安德森 (Marc Andreessen) 和斯坦福大学经济学家查尔斯·琼斯 (Charles I. Jones) 一起加入生产力与就业小组。 在此次任命之前，Xbox 宣布将裁员 3,200 名，作为重大重组的一部分。 在宣布 Xbox 历史上最大规模的重组几天后，首席执行官阿莎·夏尔马 (Asha Sharma) 加入了美联储特别工作组，研究人工智能和其他新兴技术如何重塑就业、生产力和更广泛的经济。 周四，美联储表示，夏尔马将加入其生产力和就业特别工作组，该工作组将研究包括人工智能在内的新型通用技术的经济影响，作为央行货币政策方法的一部分。 Sharma 在接管 Xbox 之前曾在微软的核心人工智能团队工作，加入了 Andreessen Horowitz 联合创始人兼普通合伙人 Marc Andreessen 以及目前在 Anthropic 休假的斯坦福大学经济学教授 Charles I. Jones 的行列。
美联储主席凯文·沃什表示：“美国经济在上一代人中发生了巨大变化，而且从未像现在这样严重。” “每个工作组都会仔细考虑政策制定者的手段和方法、分析工具和政策方针是否可以改进。” 美联储表示，五个工作组将汇集经济、商业和央行领域的外部专家，以审查央行如何实施货币政策。除了生产力和就业之外，这些小组还将研究美联储的沟通、资产负债表政策、经济数据和通胀框架。 此次任命正值 Sharma 负责监督她所称的“Xbox 历史上最重大的重组”，并计划到 2027 财年将该部门的员工人数减少约 3,200 名。此次裁员首先是裁减 1,600 个角色，同时有四家工作室将离开 Xbox，接受新的管理。 夏尔马在本周早些时候致员工的一封信中表示，Xbox 的业务“并不健康”，理由是其利润率低于同类平台和发行业务、Gen 9 游戏机安装基数较小以及成本较高。
Sharma 表示，Xbox 在 Game Pass、多平台发布和更广泛的内容组合方面的投资创造了价值，但增长速度没有预期的快。她表示，随着业务的扩张，Xbox 增加了更多的团队和投资，而其核心业务却有所削弱。 “我们必须重置 Xbox，”夏尔马写道。 夏尔马的任命正值科技公司在重组团队的同时大力投资自动化之际，人们越来越关注人工智能如何重塑劳动力。今年 4 月，Snap 裁员约 1,000 人，约占员工总数的 16%，因为它加大了对人工智能驱动工具的关注，而 Meta 也表示，随着首席执行官马克扎克伯格 (Mark Zuckerberg) 进一步推动公司进军人工智能领域，它将裁员 10%，约 8,000 人。
6 月，加州推出了人工智能失业追踪器，以监测自动化是否会导致失业，而美联储今年早些时候的一项研究发现，在 ChatGPT 推出后，美国编程工作岗位增长显着放缓，估计大约 50 万个原本存在的开发人员工作岗位从未被填补。 每日简报时事通讯 每天从当前的热门新闻报道以及原创专题、播客、视频等开始。
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The Federal Reserve named Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to a task force studying AI’s impact on jobs and productivity.
Sharma joins Marc Andreessen and Stanford economist Charles I. Jones on the Productivity and Jobs group.
The appointment follows Xbox’s announcement that it will cut 3,200 roles as part of a major restructuring.
Days after announcing the largest restructuring in Xbox history, CEO Asha Sharma has joined a Federal Reserve task force examining how artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies could reshape jobs, productivity, and the broader economy.
On Thursday, the Federal Reserve said that Sharma will serve on its Productivity and Jobs task force, which will study the economic impact of new general-purpose technologies, including AI, as part of the central bank’s approach to monetary policy.
Sharma, who previously worked in Microsoft’s Core AI group before taking over Xbox, joins Marc Andreessen, co-founder and general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and Charles I. Jones, a Stanford University economics professor currently on leave at Anthropic.
“The U.S. economy has changed significantly over the last generation, and never more so than right now,” Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh said. “Each task force will carefully consider whether policymakers' means and methods, analytical tools and policy approaches can be improved upon.”
According to the Fed, the five task forces will bring together outside experts in economics, business, and central banking to review how the central bank approaches monetary policy. In addition to productivity and jobs, the groups will examine Fed communications, balance sheet policy, economic data, and inflation frameworks.
The appointment comes as Sharma oversees what she called the “most significant restructure in Xbox history,” with plans to reduce the division’s workforce by approximately 3,200 employees through FY27. The cuts begin with 1,600 role eliminations, while four studios will leave Xbox for new management.
In a letter to employees earlier this week, Sharma said Xbox’s business was “not healthy,” citing lower margins than comparable platform and publishing businesses, a smaller Gen 9 console install base, and higher costs.
“I know this is painful. These changes will directly affect people who have poured their creativity into building XBOX,” she wrote. “Many joined us through acquisitions, while others were recruited here, or sought us out because they loved this industry and loved XBOX. Today’s decisions do not reflect their talent or dedication.”
Sharma said Xbox’s investments in Game Pass, multi-platform releases, and a broader content portfolio created value but did not grow as quickly as expected. As the business expanded, she said Xbox added more teams and investment while its core business weakened.
“We must reset Xbox,” Sharma wrote.
Sharma’s appointment comes amid growing scrutiny over how AI is reshaping the workforce as tech companies invest heavily in automation while restructuring teams. In April, Snap cut roughly 1,000 jobs, roughly 16% of its staff, as it increased its focus on AI-powered tools, while Meta has also said it would reduce headcount by 10%, around 8,000 jobs, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushes the company deeper into artificial intelligence.
In June, California launched an AI unemployment tracker to monitor whether automation is contributing to job losses, while a Federal Reserve study earlier this year found U.S. programming job growth slowed significantly following the launch of ChatGPT, estimating that roughly 500,000 developer jobs that would have otherwise existed were never filled.
