Criticise possible output of rotten AI (4,4)

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tear into

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'criticise possible output' is the definition.
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'of rotten ai' is the wordplay.
'of' indicates an anagram (the answer comes from or 'of' the letters).
'rotten'+'ai'='rottenai'
'rottenai' anagrammed gives 'TEAR INTO'.

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(Other definitions for tear into that I've seen before include "handbag" , "Attack verbally" , "Scold furiously" .)

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