AI Caricatures and the Cost of a Click

The internet has always had its seasons. One month it is action figures; the next it is cinematic headshots; and now, in early 2026, it is caricatures. Scroll through LinkedIn, Instagram, or WhatsApp and you will see them everywhere: stylised portraits of hairdressers surrounded by blow-dryers, chefs framed by copper pans, brokers standing confidently b…