rich 1.0 Generative AI tools are rapidly evolving, filling social-media platforms with so-called AI slop—from Iranian-produced Lego videos to digitally manipulated campaign imagery in the U.S. In this second installment of Tech News Briefing’s three-part series, "AI and the Blurring of Reality," WSJ personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen (https://www.wsj.com/news/author/nicole-nguyen?mod=WSJ_TNBPOD) explores how this technology is turbocharging deepfakes and shaping politics. Further Listening: When AI Grandmas Go Viral, What Even Is Reality Anymore? (https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/tech-news-briefing/when-ai-grandmas-go-viral-what-even-is-reality-anymore/9459B7A8-407B-452F-830B-5426FC3FE7FA?mod=WSJ_TNBPOD) Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter (https://www.wsj.com/newsletters/technology?mod=WSJ_TNBPOD) . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. Tech News Briefing https://audioboom.com/channels/2358976-tech-news-briefing Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43779852/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8937512/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>