Proton announces it is going all in on AI, drawing criticism online

Hacker News shared a post saying Proton is going all in on using AI. A Mastodon user criticized Proton's CEO for describing code as "lovingly handcrafted" and said they wrote a longer response.

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1. 31 Oct, 23:10 UTCFirst appeared on Google Trends
2. 31 Oct, 23:10 UTCPicked up on News

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• proton ceoGoogle Trends
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