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  "ai_features": "Vendor markets a proprietary trend-detection algorithm for identifying \"exploding\" (rapidly accelerating) topics; methodology is not publicly disclosed in detail, so treat the \"AI-powered\" framing as an unverified vendor claim rather than a confirmed ML architecture.",
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