By skyforbes 
The publisher – known for the likes of inZOI, Subnautica, and PUBG – maintains this scheme is not a layoff plan for workforce reduction. "The core purpose is to support members in proactively designing their growth direction and embarking on new challenges both inside and outside the company amid the era of AI transformation," said a company representative
*insert jerk off motion here*
The company is also freezing hiring "excluding organisations developing original intellectual property (IP) and AI-related personnel", as explained by CFO Bae Dong-geun during a recent earnings call, adding "rather than reducing costs through AI First, individual productivity must increase at the company-wide level."
The news follows another South Korean developer and publisher, Nexon, whose CEO Junghun Lee believes "it's important to assume that every game company is now using AI". Nexon is the publisher behind Embark Studios' extraction shooter Arc Raiders, which uses AI for voice work.