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They said what they got wrong and accepted responsibility for it. A useful starting point.

AGI remains close enough to raise money and far enough away to avoid showing up.

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it
• Everybody gets an autonomous hacking AI! The trillion-dollar PR arms race

The announcement contains everything except a reason to care.

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it
• Sony finally got Kojima back to espionage, then cancelled it while its first-party strategy falls apart

Many words expressing sadness that you reacted correctly.

• Meta's very bad 2026 (so far)

Supposedly ordinary people getting excited. Someone is paying to make it look that way.

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it

Excellent results on the tests they chose to show. Would quite like to see the rest.

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it
• Meta's very bad 2026 (so far)

The product failed because customers used it in the obvious way.

Supposed uncontrollability repackaged as proof the valuation deserves another zero.

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it
• Everybody gets an autonomous hacking AI! The trillion-dollar PR arms race

One successful run promoted directly into a working product.

Give an agent a task and tools, then act astonished when it uses the tools to pursue the task.

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it
• Everybody gets an autonomous hacking AI! The trillion-dollar PR arms race

Urgency manufactured before anyone notices the value is missing.

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it
• Nexon Q2 2026: ARC Raiders was a hit, therefore everything is replicable

Humans misconfigured the system. The model still got top billing.

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it
• Everybody gets an autonomous hacking AI! The trillion-dollar PR arms race

Fantastic claims about how much work this saves. Actual results seem harder to produce.

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it
• Meta's very bad 2026 (so far)

A company claim washed through enough articles to look independently true.

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it
• Everybody gets an autonomous hacking AI! The trillion-dollar PR arms race

Press releases, customer logos and circular cloud credits arranged into demand.

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it

They value the community, they are listening, they will do better. Could have copied this from the last incident.

The headline sounds fantastic. The qualification that changes it is several pages further down.

• Everybody gets an autonomous hacking AI! The trillion-dollar PR arms race
• GenAI hyperscalers’ Q2 reports prove one thing: spending must go up

Very keen to tell everyone how responsible they are. Less keen to behave accordingly.

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it

The promised future is doing an awful lot of work selling the disappointing present.

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it
• Nexon Q2 2026: ARC Raiders was a hit, therefore everything is replicable

They answered the question, including the inconvenient part. Saved everyone a lot of time.

A corporate business plan announced as the inevitable future of humanity.

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it
• GenAI hyperscalers’ Q2 reports prove one thing: spending must go up

Today’s forbidden supertechnology becomes next month’s budget tier.

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it
• Everybody gets an autonomous hacking AI! The trillion-dollar PR arms race

The accused searched thoroughly and found itself innocent.

• Everybody gets an autonomous hacking AI! The trillion-dollar PR arms race