Imagine scrolling through social media and seeing a familiar politician’s face staring back from a jail booking photo. Before you read the caption, your brain registers the image as truth. That is the power of a photograph—and the danger of a fake one. In New Mexico, the Democratic Party has asked the State Ethics Commission to investigate whether Senate Republicans crossed a legal line by using AI-generated images in recent social media posts. The posts are part of a Republican campaign accusing the Democratic majority of corruption. They include a fabricated mugshot of Senate Pro Tem Mimi Stewart, an image…

It starts with a question I hear nearly every day in the exam room: “What do you think about this supplement?” Sometimes a pet owner pulls out their phone and shows me a product they found online. Other times, they casually list all the medications and supplements their dog or cat is taking, and one of them is something I’ve never heard of. When I ask where it came from, the answer is often the same: “It has thousands of reviews, and the veterinarian in the video says it will cure my dog’s diarrhea, arthritis, allergies, everything.” I get it.…