Final week, sexually specific photos of Taylor Swift, one of many world’s greatest pop stars, went viral on-line. Thousands and thousands of individuals considered nonconsensual deepfake porn of Swift on the social media platform X, which has since taken the drastic step of blocking all searches for Taylor Swift to attempt to get the issue below management.
This isn’t a brand new phenomenon: deepfakes have been round for years. Nevertheless, the rise of generative AI has made it simpler than ever to create deepfake pornography and sexually harass folks utilizing AI-generated photos and movies.
Fortunately, there may be some hope. Our senior AI author Melissa Heikkilä has set out 3 ways we will fight nonconsensual deepfake porn. Learn the complete story.
Learn Melissa’s open letter to Taylor Swift within the newest version of The Algorithm, our weekly AI e-newsletter. Whereas the fact is that there isn’t a neat technical repair for this grim drawback, Swift’s stature signifies that she has the uncommon alternative—and momentum—to push by way of actual, actionable change. Join to obtain it in your inbox each Monday.
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1 Neuralink has implanted its first system in a human mind, says Musk
He additionally stated the affected person is recovering properly from the process. (WSJ $)
+ The corporate is but to share any extra concrete particulars, although. (Wired $)
+ Elon Musk needs extra bandwidth between folks and machines. Do we’d like it? (MIT Expertise Assessment)
2 Microsoft has made modifications to the AI software used to create Taylor Swift deepfakes
It closed spelling loopholes in its Designer software that circumvented its ban on producing nude photos. (404 Media)
+ X has lifted its momentary ban on searches for the pop celebrity. (WSJ $)
+ The quantity of deepfake porn on-line is prone to skyrocket. (Slate $)
