That's weird. I use Gmail regularly and did not experience anything like that; it works just the way it did for the past 10+ years. And auto categorization still works just fine, and no AI summarizing my email or trying to write my drafts. I wonder what difference we have in settings.
Also, not to be disrespectful to the OP, but seems quite an... overblown reaction. To each their own, though.
Also, not to be disrespectful to the OP, but seems quite an... overblown reaction. To each their own, though.