Also quite telling that when you go to Blackboard's (now called Anthology, apparently) site, 75% of it is dedicated solely to AI.

You get a small blurb about "Experiencing the power of Together™", whatever that could mean, some small product description, of course all "AI-enhanced" and then lots of fluff about "industry-leading AI capabilities", "responsible/ethical edtech AI", "AI roadshows", etc.

So much ado about what's definitely just an annoying ChatGPT wrapper button that most will definitely quietly learn to ignore... :)

It's a multimillion dollar business entirely dedicated to the enterprise of selling Blackboard to schools. With the side-effect of producing a terrible piece of software.