My long-distance girlfriend turned out to be AI, but I kind of miss her

The article argues that increasingly convincing AI-generated images and videos are making online content harder to trust. The writer says this has led them to question things they previously believed were real, including an online long-distance girlfriend who avoided video calls.

AI detection company Pangram launched image and video detection tools on Wednesday, after beginning development in January, according to its chief executive, Max Spero. The writer says both they and Spero were fooled by a fake Halloween costume image shared on X, and points to AI-generated material appearing in property listings and online shops as examples of how widely such content has spread.