AI-generated fruit-turned-reality TV stars are taking over Gen Z’s feeds   Gen Z’s new reality TV obsession with AI-generated, soap-opera style episodes of anthropomorphic fruits cheating on each other is as chaotic as it sounds. Yes, really. Inspired by Love Island, the viral “Fruit Love Island” features AI characters like Bananito, Grapenzo, and Pinapina—thank Italian brainrot for these names—all looking for love and of course, drama. The “series” kicked off in late February on the TikTok account @ai.cinema021 with a strawberry cheating on her husband with an eggplant, and within just 10 days, the account gained over 3M followers. From there, the videos only got wilder: messy breakups, full-blown scandal arcs, and one especially viral “strawberry-eggplant baby” storyline that pulled in over 26M views after a few videos. At some point, the series stopped being a joke—“slop” or not—and started being appointment viewing for Gen Z. Fans were tuning in to not only the original account releases, but multiple fan-made accounts dedicated to following the characters’ every move. TikTok feeds...