Explicit AI deepfakes of Taylor Swift mobilize fans and lawmakers

If You checked In on X, THE social network Previously known as Twitter, Sometimes In THE last 24-48 hours, there was A GOOD chance You would be to have come through AI-powered deep fake always pictures And videos with THE resemblance of Taylor Fast. THE pictures represented her engaged In explicit sexual activity with A assortment of Fans of her pro WE. soccer athlete boyfriend Travis Kelce NFL team THE Kansas City Chefs.

This explicit non-consensual imagery of Fast was resoundingly sentenced And disparaged by her legions of Fans, with THE hashtag #ProtectTaylorSwift tendency next to “Taylor Fast AI" on X earlier Today, And inciting securities In news electrical outlets around THE world, even as X struggle has withdraw THE content And block he, playing “whack a mole” as he was republished by miscellaneous new accounts.

He has Also directed has renewed calls by WE. the legislators has crack down on THE fast moving generative AI market.

But there stay big questions about how has TO DO SO without stifling innovation Or to forbid parody, fan art, And other unauthorized representations of public The figures that to have traditionally has been protected below THE WE. Constitution First of all Amendment, which guarantees citizens rights has freedom of expression And speech.

It is always not clear just What AI picture And video generation tools were used has TO DO THE Fast deep fakes — leading services Mid Road And OpenAI SLAB 3, For example, to forbid THE creation of sexually explicit Or even any of them sexually suggestive content on A policy And technical level.

According to has Information week, THE X account @Zvbear admitted has create a few of THE pictures And has Since turned their account on private.

Independent technology news exit 404 Media follow up THE pictures down has A band on THE Messaging application Telegram, And said they used “Microsoft AI tools," And Microsoft Designate more specifically, which are powered by OpenAI SLAB 3 picture model, which Also forbidden even harmless the creations with Fast Or other famous faces.

These AI picture generation tools, In OUR use of them (VentureBeat uses these And other AI tools has generate article on your mind imagery And text content), actively flag such instructions Since users (known as "instructions"), block THE creation of imagery containing This content, And warn THE user that they risk losing their account For violate THE terms of use.

Always, THE popular Stable Diffusion picture generation AI model created by THE to start up Stability AI East open source, And can be used by any of them individual, band, Or business has create A variety of imagery including sexually explicit images.

In do, This East Exactly What obtained THE picture generation service And community Civitaï In worry with journalists has 404 Media, WHO observed users create A flow of non-consensual pornographic And deep fake AI imagery of real people, celebrities, And popular fictional characters.

Citivai has Since said he East functioning has stamp out THE creation of This type of imaging, And there has has been No indication Again that he East responsible For allow THE Fast deep fakes has issue This week.

In addition, model Creator Stability AI Implementation of THE Stable Diffusion AI generation model on THE website Clipdrop Also forbidden explicit "pornographic" And violent images.

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