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Did the Paper Assistant Tool replace conference peer review?

No. Google describes opt-in pre-submission pilots at four computer-science conferences, with feedback separate from official conference review. The paper presents the tool as assistance for reviewers and authors, not an autonomous acceptance decision.

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