Yesterday we discussed the shocking news that EA had been bought out by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners for $55bn – and today the investor group wasted no time in announcing that they will be pivoting to AI. Shocking.
This is all according to a new report on the acquisition from the Financial Times, which states that the investor group will be making use of AI to “significantly cut operating costs” and “manage a large debt load”.
While the deal is not slated to go into effect until Q1 FY2027, pending shareholder and regulatory approvals, this still immediately rings several alarm bells in my head. It’s unclear just how much and in what departments the new owners will be utilising AI, or how it will be used, so we can only hope that no generative AI will be used.
