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title: "AI themes — what the conversation is about · Above the Fog"
canonical_url: https://abovethefog.app/themes
as_of: 2026-09-27
updated: 2026-09-28T22:02:40Z
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# Themes: what the AI conversation is about

[Home](https://abovethefog.app/index.md) › Themes

Every story the radar keeps is classified by the Jev model into themes — a story can carry several — and the themes form one tree. The numbers below are for Sep 27, 2026: the stories kept that day, their share of the day, the last 7 days and the week-over-week trend.

In the 7 days to Sep 27, 2026, 38,324 stories were classified and 18,782 kept (49%); a parent theme counts every story of its sub-themes, once.

- [Models](https://abovethefog.app/themes/models.md) — 573 stories (34% of the day) · 6,757 in 7 days · rising week over week
- [Agents](https://abovethefog.app/themes/agents.md) — 598 stories (35% of the day) · 5,517 in 7 days · rising week over week
- [Usage & adoption](https://abovethefog.app/themes/usage_adoption.md) — 416 stories (24% of the day) · 3,441 in 7 days · steady week over week
- [Protocols & infra](https://abovethefog.app/themes/protocols_infra.md) — 611 stories (36% of the day) · 5,836 in 7 days · steady week over week
  - [Identity & auth](https://abovethefog.app/themes/identity_auth.md) — 40 stories (2.3% of the day) · 435 in 7 days · steady week over week
  - [Security & safety](https://abovethefog.app/themes/security_safety.md) — 353 stories (21% of the day) · 3,029 in 7 days · steady week over week
  - [Agent payments](https://abovethefog.app/themes/agent_payments.md) — 24 stories (1.4% of the day) · 341 in 7 days · rising week over week
    - [x402](https://abovethefog.app/themes/x402.md) — 8 stories (0.5% of the day) · 58 in 7 days · rising week over week
    - [MPP](https://abovethefog.app/themes/mpp.md) — 0 stories (0% of the day) · 1 in 7 days · fading week over week
    - [AP2](https://abovethefog.app/themes/ap2.md) — 1 story (0.1% of the day) · 3 in 7 days · steady week over week
    - [ACP](https://abovethefog.app/themes/acp.md) — 1 story (0.1% of the day) · 2 in 7 days · steady week over week
    - [Card networks](https://abovethefog.app/themes/card_networks.md) — 1 story (0.1% of the day) · 15 in 7 days · steady week over week
    - [Stablecoins / crypto](https://abovethefog.app/themes/stablecoins_crypto.md) — 8 stories (0.5% of the day) · 55 in 7 days · steady week over week
    - [PSPs & fintechs](https://abovethefog.app/themes/psp_fintech.md) — 1 story (0.1% of the day) · 43 in 7 days · rising week over week
- [Business & policy](https://abovethefog.app/themes/business_policy.md) — 329 stories (19% of the day) · 4,854 in 7 days · steady week over week
  - [Companies & business](https://abovethefog.app/themes/companies_business.md) — 230 stories (13% of the day) · 3,690 in 7 days · steady week over week
  - [Policy & macro](https://abovethefog.app/themes/policy_macro.md) — 191 stories (11% of the day) · 2,124 in 7 days · steady week over week
- [SF scene](https://abovethefog.app/themes/sf_scene.md) — 4 stories (0.2% of the day) · 80 in 7 days · fading week over week

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Updated Sep 28, 2026, 22:02 UTC · Data: Above the Fog hype radar

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