Final week, sexually specific pictures of Taylor Swift, one of many world’s largest pop stars, went viral on-line. Hundreds of thousands of individuals seen 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 beneath 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 pictures 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 total story.
Learn Melissa’s open letter to Taylor Swift within the newest version of The Algorithm, our weekly AI e-newsletter. Whereas the truth 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 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 mentioned the affected person is recovering properly from the process. (WSJ $)
+ The corporate is but to share any extra concrete particulars, although. (Wired $)
+ Elon Musk desires extra bandwidth between folks and machines. Do we want it? (MIT Know-how 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 pictures. (404 Media)
+ X has lifted its non permanent ban on searches for the pop celebrity. (WSJ $)
+ The quantity of deepfake porn on-line is more likely to skyrocket. (Slate $)
