No. 166: AI is building a religion. Brands haven't noticed yet.
Culture Pulse: 74. AI built a religion by accident. YouTube punished its best creators. Amazon's net-zero pledge just met its gas plant. The Pattern, Sun 9 Aug: scale has consequences nobody budgeted for. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-08-09.html
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