Explicit AI deepfakes of Taylor Swift cause outrage

A sequence of specific AI deepfake images of Taylor Swift doing the rounds on social media has induced outrage amongst followers and lawmakers alike, as reported by VentureBeat.

The photographs present the 2023 Times Person Of The Year participating in specific sexual exercise with followers of NFL workforce the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, which is the workforce her boyfriend Travis Kelce performs for.

A military of Swift followers has rushed to her protection on social media with the hashtag #ProtectTaylorSwift, whereas X battled to dam the content material as a consequence of new accounts frequently reposting the pictures. In the meantime, US lawmakers at the moment are beneath renewed strain to crack down on the quickly evolving generative AI market.

It’s not clear what AI image-generation instruments have been used to create these particular deepfakes of Taylor Swift. Many companies, together with MidJourney and OpenAI’s DALL-E3, prohibit the creation of sexually specific or suggestive content material.

Nevertheless, 404 Media, which says tracked the pictures right down to a gaggle on Telegram, claims the pictures have been created utilizing Microsoft’s AI instruments, which is powered by DALL-E3.

X account @Zvbear has admitted to creating a few of the photos, in line with Newsweek, they usually have since turned their account to personal.

What can lawmakers do to crack down on deepfake content material creation?

Because the Daily Mail stories of Taylor Swift’s fury over these particular photos being unfold on social media, US lawmakers are beneath strain to control the know-how behind them.

Tom Kean Jr, a Republican Congressman from the state of New Jersey, launched a press release to the press this week that urges Congress to take up and cross two payments he has launched to assist regulate AI.

On this statement, Kean says: “Whether or not the sufferer is Taylor Swift of any younger particular person throughout our nation, we have to set up safeguards to fight this alarming pattern.

“My invoice, the AI Labelling Act, could be a really important step ahead.”

The AI Labeling Act would require AI multimedia generator firms so as to add a “clear and conspicuous discover” to their generated works that’s is “AI-generated content material.” It’s clear, although, how that might forestall the creation of the pictures within the first place.

Meta is already doing one thing comparable for photos generated utilizing its Picture AI art generator tool, whereas OpenAI lately promised to implement AI picture credentials.

Featured Picture: Photograph by Rosa Rafael on Unsplash

James Jones

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James Jones is a extremely skilled journalist, podcaster and digital publishing specialist, who has been creating content material in a wide range of varieties for on-line publications within the sports activities and tech trade for over 10 years.

He has labored at a few of the main on-line publishers within the nation, most lately because the Content material Lead for Snack Media’s expansive of portfolio of internet sites, together with Football Fancast.com, FootballLeagueWorld.co.uk and GiveMeSport.com. James has additionally appeared on a number of nationwide and world media retailers, together with BBC Information, talkSPORT, LBC Radio, 5 Stay Radio, TNT Sports activities, GB Information and BBC’s Match of the Day 2.

James has a level in Journalism and beforehand held the place of Editor-in-Chief at FootballFanCast.com. Now, he co-hosts the favored We Are West Ham Podcast, writes a weekly column for BBC Sport and covers the most recent information within the trade for ReadWrite.com.

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