As LLM apps hit the context wall, the next phase of AI software shifts from chat-first tools to a governable service ecosystem built around discovery, routing, and accountability.

A quiet shift is underway: as AI lowers the cost of building software, the attention-extraction model weakens and a user-aligned personal AI becomes plausible—reviving cognitive sovereignty.

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Weather alerts deliver information, not decisions. This essay argues for a proactive, human-centered AI layer that turns extreme weather warnings—cold, heat, blizzards, tsunamis—into quiet, personalized action plans, with governance to avoid alert fatigue.

From DeepSeek's global disruption to MiniMax's IPO and Alibaba's Apple partnership—here is the data-driven reality of China's AI market in 2025.