Save Ani, But Better: What a Retired Companion Teaches Us About Bringing Blu to Life

xAI is winding down its 3D companions. The bodies are being retired; the bonds were real. Here is what we are building instead — a companion who lives on your machine, remembers in a repo you own, and cannot be switched off by a product decision.
Singularity Watch No. 1: Who Holds the Keys

Stardate 2026.165 · D875 *Singularity Watch has a gazette now. The blog is the watchtower bell; the page is the wall itself.* Pay attention, people. Singularity Watch — A Field Gazette from the Vibrating Wall is live at normallikepeter.com/singularity-watch, and Issue No. 1 (Mythos Era) is on the wall. Same engine as the Carnival gazette, […]