A Google Cloud survey showed that 87% of videogame developers are using artificial intelligence agents to streamline and automate tasks, as the industry focuses on optimizing costs following a wave of record layoffs.

Most of the respondents in the report, published on Monday, said AI was helping automate cumbersome and repetitive tasks, freeing developers to focus on more creative concerns.

Gaming publishers have turned to AI to deal with the industry-wide challenge of ballooning development costs and elongated creation cycles stemming from high fan expectations and intense competition.

The study, conducted by Google and The Harris Poll, surveyed 615 game developers in the US, South Korea, Norway, Finland, and Sweden in late June and early July.

Around 44% of developers use agents to o

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