Research Obsessions

OpenAI's ACP, Google Merchant Center, and schema.org compared field by field, plus Adobe's 22-month AI shopping conversion trendline.

Last verified August 1, 2026

• GEO
• ecommerce
• Agentic Commerce Protocol
• Merchant Center
• schema.org

How AI memory works across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, and Meta AI, plus how to view, delete, and control it in 2026.

Last verified August 1, 2026

• AI memory
• ChatGPT
• Claude
• Gemini
• privacy

AI water use per prompt: 0.26 mL to 500 mL, reconciled. Where the "bottle of water" claim came from, and the researcher's 33x correction.

Last verified August 1, 2026

• AI water use
• AI energy
• data centers
• sustainability

How to tell if text, images, or video are AI in 2026, with real detector accuracy data, false-positive math, and SynthID vs C2PA coverage.

Last verified August 1, 2026

• AI detection
• deepfakes
• SynthID
• C2PA
• false positives

Which iPhone, Pixel, or Galaxy runs local AI in 2026, verified model licenses, and no-code apps like Ollama and LM Studio explained.

Last verified August 1, 2026

• local AI
• on-device AI
• Ollama
• LM Studio
• open weights

Audited 11 AI products on Aug 1, 2026: Google, Gmail, Meta, Copilot, Apple, X, LinkedIn & more. Exact opt-out steps, verified against official docs.

Last verified August 1, 2026

• AI opt-out
• privacy
• AI Overviews
• Meta AI
• Apple Intelligence