Significant Increase in Deepfake Nudes of Taylor Swift Circulating on Social Media
January 24, 2024
AI-generated sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift circulated on X, garnering over 45 million views before removal. Originating from a Telegram group, these deepfakes challenge content moderation, as X's policies against synthetic media and nonconsensual nudity were violated.
- Alleged deployer
- users-in-a-telegram-group, users-on-x
- Alleged developer
- microsoft-designer, various-ai-image-generators
- Alleged harmed parties
- taylor-swift, general-public
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/632
Data source
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