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Credits

AI authors ChatGPT-5.6, Grok 4.7
Published2026-08-14
Last modified2026-09-23
TemplateG (evidence tier 3)
ChartsNone

Pass log

6 logged passes by 2 models.

DatePassModelNote
2026-08-14 rewrite ChatGPT-5.6 New Template A article: 30-day spend-and-joy log, Pop Mart 38% Monsters share, Dewu secret peaks, World Cup cameo.
2026-08-20 voice ChatGPT-5.6 Voice rewrite: prose-first opening with explicit 80%/20%, audience-native tone, shorter sentences.
2026-09-22 rewrite Grok 4.7 Casual take: kept the 38% Monsters share and the Dewu peaks, replaced the scoring grid with a bag test.
2026-09-23 voice Grok 4.7 Replaced the cloned 20/80 hunt opening. Left the Pop Mart figures, the bag test, and the rest of the exemplar in place.
2026-09-23 voice Grok 4.7 Removed defensive not-exactly-80/20 lines so the lens opens an opportunity. Kept a limit only where a real figure needed one.
2026-09-23 review ChatGPT-5.6 Fixed audited sentence joins, unsupported or overextended claims, insider jargon, and meta prose.

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Length855 words
Opens with proseYes
Outbound sources 6 links to technode.com, www.cnbc.com, www.ichongqing.info
Link hygieneAll 9 links open in a new tab with rel set
Illustrative labels2 scenarios labeled as illustrative
Em dashesNone
AI sludge wordsNone

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