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Regardless of having been downloaded practically 23 million instances, the JetBrains AI Assistant has acquired unhealthy evaluations on the corporate’s JetBrains Marketplace web site, prompting JetBrains to take away a few of the evaluations.
Unveiled in December 2023, the JetBrains AI Assistant charges solely 2.3 stars out of a doable 5 stars on the corporate’s scores system, with 851 whole scores as of Might 1. “I’ve been a long-time consumer of JetBrains IDEs and usually admire the considerate tooling they provide,” reviewer Haso Keric wrote. “Sadly, the AI Assistant doesn’t reside as much as the identical commonplace. It feels bolted on reasonably than built-in, and it shortly turns into extra of a novelty than a productiveness instrument.” A number of reviewers described the instrument as having uneven auto-completion efficiency, whereas a number of others stated that their evaluations had been eliminated. “My earlier remark was deleted with none particular motive. Jetbrains appears to be deleting damaging evaluations, which destroyed my confidence and belief on this firm. They don’t worth their prospects and their suggestions anymore,” reviewer Juraj Nemec wrote.
In a Reddit publish underneath the title of mutegazer, a JetBrains consultant stated some evaluations had been eliminated as a result of they concerned an already-solved concern, whereas others had been eliminated due to coverage violations similar to swearing. Unfavorable or optimistic posts about present AI Assistant conduct have remained, mutegazer wrote. The JetBrains rep acknowledged that the corporate may have dealt with the removals higher. “Nuking a number of evaluations directly and not using a heads-up appeared shady,” mutegazer wrote. “At the least, we should always’ve posted a discover and offered extra particulars to the authors.”
