Unfortunately, it's not only big tech companies... but it's especially infuriating when it comes from a billion or trillion dollar company. As if they don't have the money to hire a professional illustrator.
For me there is almost nothing more grating than obvious AI illustrations. It makes it near impossible for me to take the content seriously. I'm wondering: do these people just have no taste? Or do they think nobody cares? Or they just don't care themselves?
I wonder if it's like Sam Altman not using capitalization, and other people in tech following suite just to signal in-group status. Deliberately producing bad output just to show you're part of a certain subculture.