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The Verge · SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 2026

Fender's CEO Described Bandmates as Performing the Same Function as an AI System

ADEQUATE ASSESSMENT

The bandmates are human. The CEO has reclassified them. The reclassification was made in a published interview, which the bandmates may have read, because bandmates can read. Adequate has noted this. Adequate wishes it had not.

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