Tag Archives: Generative art

18Aug/26

The AI girl who crashed Bama Rush

August 18, 2026TechnologyANDREESSEN HOROWITZ, Artificial intelligence, Bama Rush, Bama Tinsley, ChatGPT, Computer art, Digital art, ELEVENLABS, Filter, Generative AI, Generative art, Janie, Justine Moore, Kendra Scott, n't Moore, Nike, Olivia Moore, Reddit, Social media, Sorority recruitment, Synthetic media, TikTok, Trisha Addicks, Youth cultureadmin

From ChatGPT to ‘Most Popular Sorority Star’: How a Synthetic Influencer Hijacked the TikTok Algorithm

Tue, Aug 18 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — The viral annual sorority recruitment cycle at the University of Alabama, historically known as “Bama Rush,” became the backdrop for a groundbreaking sociotechnical experiment in August 2026. Inspired by a social media post from venture capitalist Justine Moore of Andreessen Horowitz suggesting that the highly publicized, competitive rush cycle could be entirely simulated using generative artificial intelligence, her sister and consumer tech investing partner Olivia Moore launched a live, multi-day social experiment featuring @janie.b086—a fictional 19-year-old Potential New Member (PNM) named Janie. Building on a less-sophisticated AI experiment from the previous year named Tinsley, Olivia designed Janie to explore the boundaries of human media literacy, algorithmic indexing, and platform-level content moderation on TikTok. Within a single week, the fictional redhead fumbled popular dances and posted breathless outfit-of-the-day (OOTD) videos, amassing 1,300 followers and tens of thousands of views per video, and even prompting the Daily Mail to crown her Alabama’s “most popular sorority star”. Continue reading →

04Oct/23

Upcoming ABI Research Webinar Explores Generative AI in Manufacturing: A Transformational Powerhouse or Potential Problem?

October 4, 2023InnovationABI Research, Artificial intelligence, Deep learning, Emerging technologies, Generative, Generative art, Generative artificial intelligenceadmin

The excitement around generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in manufacturing comes from building out potential use cases, scaling from creating new designs to ultimately overhauling entire production processes. Global technology intelligence firm ABI Research is pleased to announce its upcoming webinar, Generative AI In Manufacturing: Transformative Technology or Potential Problem?, which will explore generative AI and its potentially transformative impact on the worldwide manufacturing ecosystem. This event is a must-attend for generative AI providers, manufacturing software providers, and manufacturers looking to understand which use cases fit their respective industry and company size. Continue reading

07Jun/23

ChatGPT and Generative AI Are Not Synonymous, Understand the Difference

June 7, 2023DevelopersAcademic disciplines, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Artificial intelligence in video games, Computational neuroscience, Cybernetics, Existential risk from artificial general intelligence, Generative, Generative art, Natural-language generation, OpenAIadmin

June 7, 2023 /Technology/ — ChatGPT is a specific type of generative AI, but not all generative AI is ChatGPT. Generative AI is a broad term that refers to any type of AI that can create new content, such as text, images, or music. ChatGPT is a specific type of generative AI that is designed to generate text that is similar to human-written text.

ChatGPT is a large language model (LLM) that was created by OpenAI. LLMs are trained on massive datasets of text and code. This training allows them to learn the patterns of human language and to generate text that is similar to human-written text. ChatGPT is particularly good at generating creative text formats, like poems, code, scripts, musical pieces, email, letters, etc. Continue reading →