Imagine receiving a photograph from someone you've been talking to online. It looks beautiful. You are standing beside him on a beach. The sunset is behind you. You're both smiling. His arm is around your waist. There is just one problem. That photograph never happened. You have never been to that beach together. You have never even met in person. And yet, for a few seconds, your brain reacts to the picture as though it were a memory from a future that has already been promised. This is where an old relationship manipulation tactic can take on a very modern form. We already know about future faking — the practice of creating an emotionally compelling picture of a future together while failing to build that future in reality. But artificial intelligence has introduced another layer. Someone can now create an image of the future instead of merely describing it. A holiday that never happened. A dream home you have never visited. A wedding that exists only inside a...