OpenAI, Anthropic, and Palantir all sew their institutional power into fabric in the same season — three organizations shaping the future of information, arriving at the same instinct independently.
A horror short built to dissect looksmaxxing forum culture gets pinned to the top of the very forum it was dissecting, within three months of release, and celebrated as a trophy.
New Chinese regulations take effect and Doubao, Qwen shut down their custom AI companion features the same day — the presence millions called a lover or family member, gone overnight.