@ainali Jan I agree, and made this point in an earlier op-ed on our blog.
I understand that the small WMF AI team is being opportunistic and looking for quick, frugal experiments. And also feel they need to explore (potential) dominant channels - the way they accepted that Wikipedia is intermediated through commercial search engines.
Stiil, I would also like to see a stronger commitment to open(ish) solutions. That's why I like a lot more the translation tool.