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When Online Fandom Goes Too Far, Robert Pattison Deepfake, Kim Kardashian As A British Chav and What 2020’s Memes Meant For Online Culture

How Social Media Drived Mayhem In Brazil, Awesome ChatGPT Prompts and The History Of Art According To AI

In this, the final episode of the first season of Playing with Reality, we focus on the most exciting developments in the metaverse and AI to create a full picture of the year in technology, before looking ahead to 2023.

This weekend I have migrated the complete archive to SubStack. From now on the Real Fake newsletter will be created and distributed on this platform.

Endless Media, Raige-Baiting, Lensa Goes NSFW, Life-Wrecking Deepfakes, Dramatron, Instagram Trend Report, The College Essay Is Dead, Creative AI and ChatGPT

Autocomplete For Everything, Instagram Is Over, The Deadly Side Of TikTok Viral Challenges, Kids Don’t Want Cash Anymore and The Generated Internet

Goncharov, Algospeak, What Are Dabloons, Why The Worst Recipes Imaginable Are Blowing Up On Tiktok and How Generative AI Is Changing Creative Work

Creativity As An App, FakeCatcher, Xtadium, Deepfake Lionel Messi Does The Impossible Rondo, The Footballverse, BeReal And The Fantasy Of An Authentic Online Life

The Age of Social Media Is Ending, Algospeak, Listenbourg, TikTok In China Versus The United States and The Exponential Adoption Rate of Generative AI

Call Of Duty Made $800 Million In One Weekend, How Online Mobs Act Like Flocks Of Birds, How Republicans Fed A Misinformation Loop About The Pelosi Attack and Why Brands Are Investing Millions In The Metaverse

The Golden Age Of AI-Generated Art Is Here, War of the Art Worlds, AI-Generated Art Sparks Furious Backlash From Japan’s Anime Community and Celebrity Deepfakes Are Coming To Advertising

The Age of Creative Superhumans, The Generative AI Application Landscape, Animal Buildings and Christina Aguilera's New Beautiful Video