In the afterglow of a celebrated victory, Texas quarterback Arch Manning laughed at an AI-generated video depicting his coach striking a veteran journalist — a moment of thoughtlessness that rippled far beyond the press conference room. The incident, brief but instructive, sits at the intersection of celebrity influence, digital fabrication, and the casual normalization of simulated violence against women. Manning apologized swiftly, and the journalist he'd inadvertently harmed accepted with grace, but the episode leaves a larger question standing: in an age when artificial images can wound re