It's basic physics, the sort of example you might find in a high school textbook.

Sure. But do we think the topic was chosen at random?

When primed, people will see things that aren't there.

and it's someone's job to think of that connection before publishing the release and they failed

but sometimes, people do see things behind the curtain.

The timing of talking about this topic does feel pretty strange I'd say as well as the GP comment noted?

My point is: You're never going to know if this is a coincidence or not.

And even if it was intentional, it's of little consequence.

No, it wasn't chosen at random -- it had to be a question that any reasonable person would immediately recognize as harmless, but where the old model would inject a bunch of safety caveats and the new model would not.

> that any reasonable person

In short supply on that side of the Atlantic these days it seems.

No, and it's also not a conspiracy.