WSJ Tech News Briefing · Saturday, August 1, 2026
Generative AI is rapidly advancing, becoming more realistic and accessible, which blurs the lines between authentic and AI-created content. This series aims to explore the implications of AI in entertainment, marketing, propaganda, and sophisticated deepfakes, examining how it changes our perception of reality.
“The latest crop of large language models powering what we know today as generative AI, are making it faster, cheaper, and easier to produce movie magic and slop.”
“Gen AI is advancing at a rapid clip, looking more and more realistic and becoming more accessible with each new model.”
“From entertainment and marketing slop, to propaganda and increasingly sophisticated deep fakes.”