Couldn't this be confusing cause and effect? The article seems to insinuate that the product was cancelled because the team was laid off to save costs. But coul

Couldn't this be confusing cause and effect? The article seems to insinuate that the product was cancelled because the team was laid off to save costs. But couldn't there be an unrelated reason why Google wanted to cancel the product, which then lead to the decision to lay off the team? I could imagine that with the advent of the likes of GPT, Google may have concluded that the competition has lost its utility in identifying talented coders to recruit.