Tag: authenticity

• ‘Gen Z Language? Y’all Mean AAVE’: The Appropriation of African American Vernacular English as ‘TikTok Language’

  March 11, 2026

  Sociolinguistic research has long documented the appropriation of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) across media including film, music and advertising. In this article, we add to this body o… https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/josl.70024 more ›

• The Brand Age

  March 8, 2026

  https://paulgraham.com/brandage.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email more ›

• Invest Like the Best with Patrick O’Shaughnessy: Kevin Kelly – Be Generous and Unique – [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

  October 31, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/1eK6EUT Welcome to this classic episode. Classics are my favorite episodes from the past 10 years, published once a month. These are N of 1 conversations with N of… more ›

• GenAI and the Forced Evolution of Photography: From Artifice to Authenticity

  November 6, 2023

  The rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence has been nothing short of revolutionary, impacting every domain from finance to the arts. In the world of photography, GenAI has had a transformative… more ›

• Inside the Delirious Rise of ‘Superfake’ Handbags

  May 7, 2023

  Once upon a time, the legend goes, Theseus slew the Minotaur and sailed triumphantly home to Athens on a wooden ship. The vessel was preserved by Athenian citizens, who continually… more ›

• Deception vs authenticity: Why the metaverse will change marketing forever

  September 4, 2022

  Because this is a targeted VPP, others around you would not see the same promotional content. Instead, users near you will encounter different promotional artifacts customized to their profiles.  A teenager might… more ›

• Deepfake porn is now mainstream. And major sites are cashing in

  August 31, 2020

  Hundreds of explicit deepfake videos featuring female celebrities, actresses and musicians are being uploaded to the world’s biggest pornography websites every month, new analysis shows. Up to 1,000 deepfake videos… more ›

• Memers are making deepfakes, and things are getting weird

  August 31, 2020

  The rapidly increasing accessibility of the technology raises new concerns about its abuse. Grace Windheim had heard of deepfakes before. But she had never considered how to make one. Within… more ›

• Hour One raises $5M Seed to generate AI-driven synthetic characters from real humans

  August 18, 2020

  All of the people pictured above are real, but what you are seeing are synthetically-generated versions of their real selves. And they can be programmed to say anything. https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/17/hour-one-raises-5m-seed-to-generate-ai-driven-synthetic-characters-from-real-humans/ more ›

• Fake real

  August 17, 2020

  “If you don’t like it – it’s fake. If you do like it, it’s faux.” The subtle and hilarious distinction was made by the author Joseph Pine in a famous TED Talk… more ›