AI-generated characters go viral on TikTok as users struggle to tell them from real people
tomchapin · x · 2026-10-05
AI-generated characters (such as Jean Philip) are becoming quite popular on TikTok, yet the average person is struggling to grasp this new reality: a screenshot shows someone asking TikTok's AI whether an obviously AI-generated Johnny Bravo character is real. The gap between AI persona proliferation and public detection ability keeps widening.
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