No, You Can't Have My Hyphens

According to the Digital Reader, the Associated Press has revised its guidance about using hyphens in compound modifiers.

We updated our hyphen guidance this year to say no hyphen is needed in a compound modifier if the modifier is commonly recognized as one phrase, and if the meaning is clear and unambiguous without the hyphen.

Personally, that rankles. I'll stick to using hyphens in modifiers for consistency and to avoid the possibility of confusion.