you don't want AI? Too bad, we're force feeding it

From the «screw big tech» department:
Title: You are not needed
Author: Thom Holwerda
Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 21:38:23 +0000
Link: https://www.osnews.com/story/142407/you-are-not-needed/

You want more “AI”? No? Well, too damn bad, here’s “AI” in your file manager.

With AI actions in File Explorer, you can interact more deeply with your
files by right-clicking to quickly take actions like editing images or
summarizing documents. Like with Click to Do, AI actions in File Explorer
allow you to stay in your flow while leveraging the power of AI to take
advantage of editing tools in apps or Copilot functionality without having to
open your file. AI actions in File Explorer are easily accessible – to try
out AI actions in File Explorer, just right-click on a file and you will see
a new AI actions entry on the content menu that allows you to choose from
available options for your file.
↫ Amanda Langowski and Brandon LeBlanc at the Windows Blogs[1]

What, you don’t like it? There, “AI” that reads all your email and sifts
through your Google Drive to barf up stunt, soulless replies.

Gmail’s smart replies, which suggest potential replies to your emails, will
be able to pull information from your Gmail inbox and from your Google Drive
and better match your tone and style, all with help from Gemini, the company
announced at I/O.
↫ Jay Peters at The Verge[2]

Ready to submit? No? Your browser now has “AI” integrated and will do your
browsing for usyou.

Starting tomorrow, Gemini in Chrome[3] will begin rolling out on desktop to
Google AI Pro and Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. who use English as
their Chrome language on Windows and macOS. This first version allows you to
easily ask Gemini to clarify complex information on any webpage you’re
reading or summarize information. In the future, Gemini will be able to work
across multiple tabs and navigate websites on your behalf.
↫ Josh Woodward[4]

Mercy? You want mercy? You sure give up easily, but we’re not done yet. We
destroyed internet search and now we’re replacing it with “AI”, and you will
like it.

Announced today at Google I/O, AI Mode is now available to all US users. The
focused version of Google Search distills results into AI-generated summaries
with links to certain topics. Unlike AI Overviews, which appear above
traditional search results, AI Mode is a dedicated interface where you
interact almost exclusively with AI.
↫ Ben Schoon at 9To5Google[5]

We’re going to assume control[6] of your phone, too.

The technology powering Gemini Live’s camera and screen sharing is called
Project Astra. It’s available as an Android app for trusted testers, and
Google today unveiled agentic capabilities for Project Astra, including how
it can control your Android phone.
↫ Abner Li at 9To5Google[7]

And just to make sure our “AI” can control your phone, we’ll let it instruct
developers how to make applications, too.

That’s precisely the problem Stitch aims to solve – Stitch is a new
experiment from Google Labs that allows you to turn simple prompt and image
inputs into complex UI designs and frontend code in minutes.
↫ Vincent Nallatamby, Arnaud Benard, and Sam El-Husseini[8]

You are not needed. You will be replaced. Submit.

Links:
[1]: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/05/19/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-26200-5603-dev-channel/ (link)
[2]: https://www.theverge.com/news/670166/google-gmail-ai-smart-replies-emails-io-2025 (link)
[3]: https://www.google.com/chrome/ai-innovations/ (link)
[4]: https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-app-updates-io-2025/#chrome (link)
[5]: https://9to5google.com/2025/05/20/google-ai-mode-expansion/ (link)
[6]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3h8ZnXLsRg (link)
[7]: https://9to5google.com/2025/05/20/project-astra-android/ (link)
[8]: https://developers.googleblog.com/en/stitch-a-new-way-to-design-uis/ (link)