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I think we'll see this happen over time in all tools - individual AI brands replaced by generic AI icons.

The real question is this: While the floppy disk became the standard "Save" icon, what will eventually become the standard "AI functionality" icon?

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I'm guessing the 'sparkle' icon will stick around, for better or worse

What does pressing this button even DO? Pressing the floppy disk saves. LLMs cannot be reduced to a mere button, and that's a whole problem with Microsoft's strategy. They seem laser-focused, for financial reasons, to reduce all of AI's myriad possibilities to a single button/identity.

The sparkles are also in Gitlab and Jira, so it seems to have become the de-facto "Call the AI" button.

I think it's even more than that, they'll be features without AI even being mentioned

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