omewhere between taking selfies and trusting filters that promise to fix our faces, we seem to have reached a collective decision that artificial intelligence deserves everything we own: our photos, our data, perhaps even our dignity. We present it on a silver platter.

We surrender it with a smile. Who wants to be left out of the latest trend? If the internet were a dinner party, artificial intelligence would be the guest eating for free just as we bring our privacy as the appetizer.

The latest obsession making rounds online shows just that people are now generating hyper-realistic AI images of themselves with celebrities through platforms like Google Gemini. A digital hug here, a fake selfie there, and voilà there is a moment of fame, without ever meeting the celebrity in person. It’s harmless, right? After all, it’s just a picture; except, that it isn’t. In the rush to avoid FOMO, we’ve traded caution for convenience and truth for digital validation.

Beneath this playful illusion lies a darker reality. According to Pew Research Center (2023), more than 55 percent of Americans worry about the spread of altered images and videos online, warning that public trust in visual evidence is crumbling. If we can no longer........

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