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This seems to be happening a lot with these things. "Here's an amazing new thing... oops, sorry, actually, it's terrible, let us remove that." This, the bonkers Microsoft screenshot-everything feature, various Google things...

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We've been listening to AI idea guys and shovel sellers drone on about how "AI is making x job obsolete" on podcasts and Twitter and Discord, and shouting down anybody daring to claim that real human work can't be replaced that easily.

Glad that we've finally reached the point where the rubber meets the road, and AI products have to prove themselves as fit for purpose, instead of just preening for more investor $$$.

You have to admit using AI to steal stuff wholesale is a disruptive technology.

I suspect that it will be a game-changer in fraud and misinformation.

I imagine the engineers are aware of the issues and know will be DOA, but that high up they feel the pressure to cash in on AI or risk falling behind, and they find it better to launch and remove an AI feature (to show they are actively working on AI features), than to not launching anything at all.

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