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> Regex.ai is an AI-powered tool that generates regular expressions.

Or, just write regular expressions?

> ... Regex.ai's intuitive interface makes it easy to input sample text and generate complex regular expressions quickly and efficiently.

See: https://www.ibm.com/topics/overfitting

Inputting the sample text:

  foo bar baz
  baz bar foo
And highlighting the first "baz" produced patterns which all had "[A-Z][a-z]*@libertylabs\\.ai" included, assumedly due to the default inclusions.

Removing those and highlighting the second "baz" resulted "<Agent B>" as the results in one case.

There is no explanation of any patterns generated. If a person is to use one of the generated patterns and Regex.ai is supposed to "save you time and streamline your workflow", no matter "[w]hether you're a novice or an expert", then some form of verification and/or explanation must exist.

Otherwise, a person must know how to formulate regular expressions in order to determine which, if any, of the presented options are applicable. And if a person knows how to formulate regular expressions, then why would they use Regex.ai?

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