United Kingdom, Feb. 25 -- Microsoft Gaming's new leadership has moved quickly to calm fears that artificial intelligence will overrun the Xbox ecosystem, insisting there will be no mandate forcing developers to adopt the technology.

Following the retirement of longtime Xbox boss Phil Spencer, new CEO Asha Sharma - previously head of Microsoft's CoreAI product group - has faced scrutiny over how heavily AI might influence the company's future direction.

Speaking alongside newly promoted Chief Content Officer Matt Booty, Sharma made clear that creative integrity will remain central to Xbox.

Sharma told Windows Central: "I think that with any new technology, it brings possibilities as a tool, but even more important, especially now - we ...