# Quoting Emanuel Maiberg, 404 Media

> Source: <https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/4/a-slightly-different-version/#atom-everything>
> Published: 2026-06-04 16:38:29+00:00

After this story was published Google's spokesperson reached out and asked us to publish a slightly different version of that statement. The new statement no longer stated that "it's critical that we maintain humans in the loop."

— [Emanuel Maiberg, 404 Media](https://www.404media.co/google-employees-internally-share-memes-about-how-its-ai-sucks/), Google Employees Internally Share Memes About How Its AI Sucks

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