AI-synthesized faces are indistinguishable from real faces and more trustworthy

Artificial intelligence (AI)–synthesized text, audio, image, and video are being weaponized for the purposes of nonconsensual intimate imagery, financial fraud, and disinformation campaigns. Our evaluation of the photorealism of AI-synthesized faces indicates that synthesis engines have passed through the uncanny valley and are capable of creating faces that are indistinguishable—and more trustworthy—than real faces.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2120481119 social preview image

doi.org

AI-synthesized faces are indistinguishable from real faces and more trustworthy

Artificial intelligence (AI)–synthesized text, audio, image, and video are being weaponized for the purposes of nonconsensual intimate imagery, financial fraud, and disinformation campaigns. Our evaluation of the photorealism of AI-synthesized faces indicates that synthesis engines have passed through the uncanny valley and are capable of creating faces that are indistinguishable—and more trustworthy—than real faces.

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2120481119 social preview image

www.youtube.com

Unpacking the Racism of Digital Blackface in the Information Age

AI* and the Dead Internet Theory/Zombie Internet

* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me

AI* influence on writing/speech

* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me

AI* transcription

This is something I’m likely to consider using, or, I don’t know, maybe not? * I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me

AI* and fashion

* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me

AI* and art/photography

* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me

AI-powered smart glasses

Meta AI Glasses, etc.

AI* for accessibility

* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me

Quit Google

www.pnas.org

AI-synthesized faces are indistinguishable from real faces and more trustworthy

Artificial intelligence (AI)–synthesized text, audio, image, and video are being weaponized for the purposes of nonconsensual intimate imagery, financial fraud, and disinformation campaigns. Our evaluation of the photorealism of AI-synthesized faces indicates that synthesis engines have passed through the uncanny valley and are capable of creating faces that are indistinguishable—and more trustworthy—than real faces.

doi.org

AI-synthesized faces are indistinguishable from real faces and more trustworthy

Artificial intelligence (AI)–synthesized text, audio, image, and video are being weaponized for the purposes of nonconsensual intimate imagery, financial fraud, and disinformation campaigns. Our evaluation of the photorealism of AI-synthesized faces indicates that synthesis engines have passed through the uncanny valley and are capable of creating faces that are indistinguishable—and more trustworthy—than real faces.

AI* alignment/misalignment

* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me

Agentic AI Stuff

www.youtube.com

Unpacking the Racism of Digital Blackface in the Information Age

AI and/for science

AI* and design

* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me

AI* sloppelgängers/impersonation

Including not-necessarily-sexual deepfakes * I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me

AI* transcription

This is something I’m likely to consider using, or, I don’t know, maybe not? * I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me

https://www.404media.co/judge-caught-court-reporter-using-ai-transcript-errors/ social preview image

A Court Reporter Submitted AI-Generated Errors in Official Court Transcript, Judge Says

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/15/g-s1-83087/otter-ai-transcription-class-action-lawsuit social preview image

Class-action suit claims Otter AI secretly records private work conversations

https://www.recordinglaw.com/us-laws/ai-meeting-recording-laws/ social preview image

AI Meeting Recording Laws by State: Complete Guide (2026)

AI* and design

* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me

The release of #ClaudeDesign left me wondering what a tool like this could look like for academics (rather than designers) I then used Claud…

https://www.tsr-net.co.jp/data/detail/1203096_1527.html social preview image

AIの広がりも影響、「デザイン業」倒産が14年ぶり高水準　～ 2026年上半期は40件に急増～ | TSRデータインサイト | 東京商工リサーチ

The A.I.-Design Aesthetic That’s Taking Over the Internet

These Are the Worst ChatGPT Flyers You've Sent Us

We Are Living in a ‘ChatGPT Flyer Pandemic’

Trump's plan to redesign every .gov website leads to AI-designed horrors

A Court Reporter Submitted AI-Generated Errors in Official Court Transcript, Judge Says

Class-action suit claims Otter AI secretly records private work conversations

AI Meeting Recording Laws by State: Complete Guide (2026)

Collection

Digital blackface

あ

Updated 9h

AI and non-AI

AI* influence on writing/speech

* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me

I hate how the constructions now associated with AI "writing," which of course are stolen from actual writing, are now making me edit myself…

Let me know if this is just me: Noticed someone I know who is very "AI-pilled" and uses agents 24/7 to... start to talk IRL noticeably more…

Your AI Use Is Breaking My Brain

https://doi.org/10.1002/jcpy.1441 social preview image

AI ‐induced dehumanization

Do You Speak ChatGPTese? Beyond Writing, AI Is Also Flattening The Way We Talk

Will AI shape the way we speak? The emerging sociolinguistic influence of synthetic voices

AI and/for science

https://x.com/waskaja/status/2071677758472933543 social preview image

Simon on Twitter / X

https://x.com/prz_chojecki/status/2093260147829182585 social preview image

Przemek Chojecki | PC on Twitter / X

https://www.simile.com/ social preview image

AI Simulation Platform for Human Behavior | Simile

https://www.abundanceandgrowth.org/p/ai-for-science-what-can-it-do-can social preview image

AI for science: What can it do? Can it do things? Let’s find out!

OSF

https://www.anthropic.com/news/model-hardware-standard-research-preview social preview image

Previewing the Model Hardware Standard

AI* and the Dead Internet Theory/Zombie Internet

* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me

AI is eating website traffic, websites are blocking AI – and reliable information is getting harder to find

How Much of the Internet Is Written With AI?

https://racketmn.com/southwest-journal-minneapolis-mn-vujo-ai social preview image

Meet the Serbian Businessman/DJ Who Runs the Zombie AI Southwest Journal - Racket

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/02/google-search-and-ai-content social preview image

Google Search's guidance about AI-generated content | Google Search Central Blog | Google for Developers

Google News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated Articles

Copy of Digital Masquerade

AI* alignment/misalignment

* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2372484-what-is-the-ai-alignment-problem-and-how-can-it-be-solved/ social preview image

What is the AI alignment problem and how can it be solved? | New Scientist

https://www.anthropic.com/research/emergent-misalignment-reward-hacking social preview image

Natural emergent misalignment from reward hacking

AI* sloppelgängers/impersonation

Including not-necessarily-sexual deepfakes * I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me

https://www.404media.co/company-offering-100-human-written-never-ai-peer-review-is-entirely-ai/ social preview image

Company Offering ‘100% Human-Written, Never AI’ Medical Research Is Entirely AI

https://news.web.nhk/newsweb/na/na-k10015178341000 social preview image

YouTubeで広がる著名人の“名言”動画追跡すると海外で…？ | NHKニュース

https://www.404media.co/untitled-28/ social preview image

Scientists Asked AI to Impersonate 112 Public Figures. What Happened Next Is a ‘Dire’ Warning

https://www.theverge.com/tech/936507/gemini-omni-hands-on-deepfake-ai-video social preview image

Google’s new anything-to-anything AI model is wild

I Cloned Myself With Gemini’s AI Avatar Tool. The Result Was Unnervingly Me

The Ultra-Realistic AI Face Swapping Platform Driving Romance Scams

The release of #ClaudeDesign left me wondering what a tool like this could look like for academics (rather than designers) I then used Claud…

AIの広がりも影響、「デザイン業」倒産が14年ぶり高水準　～ 2026年上半期は40件に急増～ | TSRデータインサイト | 東京商工リサーチ

The A.I.-Design Aesthetic That’s Taking Over the Internet

These Are the Worst ChatGPT Flyers You've Sent Us

We Are Living in a ‘ChatGPT Flyer Pandemic’

Trump's plan to redesign every .gov website leads to AI-designed horrors

AI* for accessibility

* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me

For Meta’s Smart Glasses, Access Is An Afterthought

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/14/smart-glasses-controversy-sidelines-the-benefits-for-disabled-people social preview image

Smart glasses controversy sidelines the benefits for disabled people | Letter

https://brittany-ellich.offprint.app/a/3mrpzcvrhke23-ai-as-a-tool-for-the-mental-load social preview image

AI as a Tool for the Mental Load | Brittany Ellich | Offprint

https://www.theverge.com/tech/934621/anker-liberty-5-pro-max-wireless-headphones-earbuds-ai-thus-chip social preview image

Anker’s new earbuds are the first with its AI chip that boosts noise reduction

https://www.theverge.com/tech/933420/apple-iphone-mac-vision-pro-accessibility-2026-apple-intelligence social preview image

Apple’s accessibility features add more AI-powered processing

Beta Profiles (@betaprofiles.com)

AI* and art/photography

* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me

Meta AI Has Some Super Normal Ideas for Improving Your Band Photos

https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/nbc/2783642?display=1 social preview image

「生成AI作品は応募不可」長崎県最大の公募美術展の全部門で使用禁止を明文化 | 長崎のニュース | 天気 | NBC長崎放送 (1ページ)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpg1RmzAbc social preview image

AI Slop: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Nightshade: Protecting Copyright

Glaze - Protecting Artists from Generative AI

https://www.anthropic.com/research/small-samples-poison social preview image

A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size

AI* and fashion

* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaxXspZQYkc social preview image

Are Tech Bros Ruining Fashion?

Agentic AI Stuff

SmythOS

pguso/ai-agents-from-scratch

Agentation

https://maggieappleton.com/gastown social preview image

Gas Town’s Agent Patterns, Design Bottlenecks, and Vibecoding at Scale

Cognitive Integrity Framework: Formal Foundations for Multiagent Security

Rowboat - Let AI build your agents for you

AI-powered smart glasses

Meta AI Glasses, etc.

https://www.theverge.com/report/982414/meta-glasses-work-surveillance-labor-security social preview image

Meta glasses are a workplace menace

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr7jej2elyyo social preview image

Women filmed in secret for social media content - then harassed online

OSF

https://www.404media.co/meta-ray-ban-smart-glasses-pov-instagram-pickup-artists/ social preview image

Researchers Show How Meta's 'Pervert Glasses' Are Used to Harass Women

For Meta’s Smart Glasses, Access Is An Afterthought

Smart glasses controversy sidelines the benefits for disabled people | Letter

I hate how the constructions now associated with AI "writing," which of course are stolen from actual writing, are now making me edit myself…

Let me know if this is just me: Noticed someone I know who is very "AI-pilled" and uses agents 24/7 to... start to talk IRL noticeably more…

Your AI Use Is Breaking My Brain

AI ‐induced dehumanization

Do You Speak ChatGPTese? Beyond Writing, AI Is Also Flattening The Way We Talk

Will AI shape the way we speak? The emerging sociolinguistic influence of synthetic voices

Quit Google

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/15/google-helped-facilitate-russia-china-censorship-requests social preview image

Revealed: Google facilitated Russia and China’s censorship requests

https://www.theverge.com/tech/986364/google-search-ai-overviews-auto-expand social preview image

Google further buries search results under AI mode

https://proton.me/blog/chrome-tracking-privacy social preview image

How Chrome tracks you and how to limit it | Proton

Google Docs' Grammar Suggestions Suck Ass

Google Search's guidance about AI-generated content | Google Search Central Blog | Google for Developers

Google News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated Articles

Simon on Twitter / X

Przemek Chojecki | PC on Twitter / X

AI Simulation Platform for Human Behavior | Simile

AI for science: What can it do? Can it do things? Let’s find out!

OSF

Previewing the Model Hardware Standard

AI is eating website traffic, websites are blocking AI – and reliable information is getting harder to find

How Much of the Internet Is Written With AI?

Meet the Serbian Businessman/DJ Who Runs the Zombie AI Southwest Journal - Racket

Google Search's guidance about AI-generated content | Google Search Central Blog | Google for Developers

Google News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated Articles

Copy of Digital Masquerade

Meta AI Has Some Super Normal Ideas for Improving Your Band Photos

「生成AI作品は応募不可」長崎県最大の公募美術展の全部門で使用禁止を明文化 | 長崎のニュース | 天気 | NBC長崎放送 (1ページ)

AI Slop: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Nightshade: Protecting Copyright

Glaze - Protecting Artists from Generative AI

A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size

Are Tech Bros Ruining Fashion?

SmythOS

pguso/ai-agents-from-scratch

Agentation

Gas Town’s Agent Patterns, Design Bottlenecks, and Vibecoding at Scale

Cognitive Integrity Framework: Formal Foundations for Multiagent Security

Rowboat - Let AI build your agents for you

Meta glasses are a workplace menace

Women filmed in secret for social media content - then harassed online

OSF

Researchers Show How Meta's 'Pervert Glasses' Are Used to Harass Women

For Meta’s Smart Glasses, Access Is An Afterthought

Smart glasses controversy sidelines the benefits for disabled people | Letter

What is the AI alignment problem and how can it be solved? | New Scientist

Natural emergent misalignment from reward hacking

Company Offering ‘100% Human-Written, Never AI’ Medical Research Is Entirely AI

YouTubeで広がる著名人の“名言”動画追跡すると海外で…？ | NHKニュース

Scientists Asked AI to Impersonate 112 Public Figures. What Happened Next Is a ‘Dire’ Warning

Google’s new anything-to-anything AI model is wild

I Cloned Myself With Gemini’s AI Avatar Tool. The Result Was Unnervingly Me

The Ultra-Realistic AI Face Swapping Platform Driving Romance Scams

For Meta’s Smart Glasses, Access Is An Afterthought

Smart glasses controversy sidelines the benefits for disabled people | Letter

AI as a Tool for the Mental Load | Brittany Ellich | Offprint

Anker’s new earbuds are the first with its AI chip that boosts noise reduction

Apple’s accessibility features add more AI-powered processing

Beta Profiles (@betaprofiles.com)

Revealed: Google facilitated Russia and China’s censorship requests

Google further buries search results under AI mode

How Chrome tracks you and how to limit it | Proton

Google Docs' Grammar Suggestions Suck Ass

Google Search's guidance about AI-generated content | Google Search Central Blog | Google for Developers

Google News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated Articles