Real Fake

Prime Drinks, Hollywood 2.0, Chatbot Chernobyl, and You’re Voice Isn’t Your Password

Sentient AI, Selfpressionism and The Streaming Experience Of The Future

Nothing Forever, Pastry AI and De-Influencers, New Mixed Reality headset, The rise of hybrid social selves

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