I really don't think that my note was corrupted (unless all of the notes were). I used to successfully cut an image and paste another one in a note regularly. The one I used as an example was only one note of several that I used to delete the image and replace it by pasting another image in its place. This was an action I was able to do in any note until the AI was applied sometime between January and when I needed to replace the image in March.
I regularly make forms in another program and use them to print copies for distribution to others. I then take a picture of the form and put it in a note in Evernote for documentation. The sample image I used as an example was created in WordPerfect to be printed out for distribution to doctors and other medical professionals. Since it is a list of my medications, it changes frequently and I need to update it. When I do, I want my documentation in Evernote to reflect the change. The note in Evernote is a compilation of all critical information that applies to my medical history, including the form listing my medications. I don't want to update it in two places as that leaves me open for multiple errors between the files. To avoid the errors, I copy and paste the primary form. If I can't do that anymore, that means many more steps to keep a clean and updated record.
In my world, by Evernote updating to AI a simple procedure was broken that I was using on a daily/weekly basis. I'm now retired, but when I was working as an application programmer I did the same thing when I updated the application I was working on.