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is this going to be like Google Duplex, i.e. mostly forgotten, then unceremoniously shut down?

Google Duplex wasn't shut down. It still is a thing built into Google Assistant on Android.

With a lot of Google projects, they are "killed" by integrating their features in other projects or merged.

This is worse — terrified, anxious make-work to appease insecure management with “apps” for AI