
In one synthetic image published to X-formerly-Twitter, the singer Billie Eilish looks terrifyingly thin. In another, the model and reality TV star Kendall Jenner is pictured heavily pregnant as she carries a bottle of liquor. In yet another, the rapper Jaden Smith holds and kisses a “mystery man.” All of the images are AI-altered deepfakes — and they’re picking up traction on platforms like X, which engage in little moderation and are deeply integrated with AI tech. Welcome to the new era of viral AI tabloid fodder, delivered straight from…


