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NON-FICTION · COMPANION · CREATOR · 2026-01-05

An AI is Twitch's most-subscribed channel

Heart-circuit motif for AI VTuber Neuro-sama

Neuro-sama's 296k subs top Twitch. A bot that plays osu!, sings, and thanks her creator on record night.

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Companion and creator lenses collide. The Swarm donates to software that says thank you — 296k subscriptions deep. If AI attachment has a capital, it's this channel.

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