“I thought it was real”: Children are showing off the terrible AI gifts their parents bought for Christmas

The AI slop problem has officially infiltrated Christmas, evidenced by TikTok videos from kids sharing the gifts their parents purchased. AI-generated ads misrepresenting products online recently fooled Melissa Joan Hart, so what chance does the rest of Generation X have?

Some are amused, and others are disappointed—especially when their gifts never arrived at all.

AI ruins a Tara Rule Christmas

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