[apples_oranges]

If spam filtering counts as "AI" then yes

[esskay]

I doubt it does given the spam filtering has again, been there for 2 decades.

[TheNewsIsHere]

We’ve had AI for decades, just not the kind of low-value, high-priced slop generators that are synonymous with AI today.

I assume Google just wants to rebrand Bayesian analysis as “AI” so it can claim it’s been doing that for decades.