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AI bloatware is the inclusion of unnecessary or excessive artificial intelligence features in products. These features often do not address real user needs and may even reduce usability, efficiency, or performance.
Key Characteristics
Non-essential features: Added because “AI” is trending, not because they provide clear value.
Complexity without benefit: Increases cognitive load or clutter in the interface.
Performance impact: Extra AI modules consume system resources without improving outcomes.
Marketing-driven: Positioned as innovative, but often superficial.
Key Characteristics
Non-essential features: Added because “AI” is trending, not because they provide clear value.
Complexity without benefit: Increases cognitive load or clutter in the interface.
Performance impact: Extra AI modules consume system resources without improving outcomes.
Marketing-driven: Positioned as innovative, but often superficial.
The new smartphone update is full of AI bloatware, with unnecessary chatbots and image filters that slow the device without improving its core functions.
by Dirtman777 September 23, 2025
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