The Wall Street Journal examines how AI slop is blurring the boundary between reality and fabrication. Quanta Magazine asks whether AI reasoning may be right for the wrong reasons. Sam Altman, meanwhile, is suddenly talking about slowing down AI development, TechCrunch reports. NPR looks at how AI is changing the balance between hackers and defenders in cybersecurity. And finally, AI has made it to Wagner’s Bayreuth Festival, where an AI-assisted staging was greeted with boos.