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  "path": "/2026/04/06/magazine/ai-apocalypse-brain-rot-memes.html",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-06T14:54:30.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.nytimes.com",
  "tags": [
    "Social Media",
    "Computers and the Internet",
    "Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming",
    "TikTok (ByteDance)",
    "Artificial Intelligence",
    "Slang",
    "Right-Wing Extremism and Alt-Right",
    "Fringe Groups and Movements",
    "Youth"
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  "textContent": "From our jokes and slang to the White House’s policy messaging, internet “brain rot” has escaped our phones to take over … well, everything.",
  "title": "Forget the A.I. Apocalypse. Memes Have Already Nuked Our Culture."
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