The Leverage

The Leverage

Meta’s New Chatbots Are an Abomination

The Weekend Leverage, August 10th

Evan Armstrong's avatar
Evan Armstrong
Aug 17, 2025
∙ Paid

I keep wondering what entertainment will look like in the future. Will cultural network effects—people talking about what shows are good with their friends—overpower the individual storytelling of AI? Will I text my humans or my AIs more? This week we finally got some data to help answer that question.

Today:

  • Meta’s sexbots target kids

  • In defense of negati…

User's avatar

Continue reading this post for free, courtesy of Evan Armstrong.

Or purchase a paid subscription.
© 2026 Evan Armstrong · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture