Nonconsensual Deepfake Porn of Bobbi Althoff Spreads Rapidly on X
February 20, 2024
Nonconsensual deepfake pornography of Bobbi Althoff, which had been in circulation for six months, is reported to have suddenly gone viral on X, jumping from around 178,000 views to 6.5 million views over a matter of hours. In addition to the harm to Althoff, this incident also spotlights X's role in distributing AI-generated nonconsensual porn due to alleged lax moderation.
- Alleged deployer
- x-(twitter), unnamed-deepfake-creators
- Alleged developer
- unnamed-deepfake-creators
- Alleged harmed parties
- bobbi-althoff
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/641
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