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Overleaf now incorporates an AI assistant, as of this morning. It is opt-out, not opt-in. I have very mixed feelings about this: and by "mixed", I mean ranging from annoyance to anger. www.overleaf.com/learn/how-to...

I can elaborate on why I think it's a bad idea (starting with the opt-out v. opt-in aspect). But it boils down to the fact that so far, all improvements I have seen thanks to the AI tools are papers that are smoother, but also less informative. Fewer typos and grammatical mistakes, but less content.

No matter how you think about this, I do not think Overleaf is to blame. They are not enabling a new capability. They making an existing capability (AI text polishing), that was heavily used already, easier to use. If they would not do it, an competitor might emerge that does.