Last week, sexually specific photographs of Taylor Swift, one of many world’s greatest pop stars, went viral on-line. Millions 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 below management.
This is just not a brand new phenomenon: deepfakes have been round for years. However, the rise of generative AI has made it simpler than ever to create deepfake pornography and sexually harass individuals utilizing AI-generated photographs and movies.
Thankfully, there may be some hope. Our senior AI author Melissa Heikkilä has set out 3 ways we will fight nonconsensual deepfake porn. Read the complete story.
Read Melissa’s open letter to Taylor Swift within the newest version of The Algorithm, our weekly AI publication. While the truth is that there isn’t any neat technical repair for this grim downside, Swift’s stature implies that she has the uncommon alternative—and momentum—to push by means of actual, actionable change. Sign up to obtain it in your inbox each Monday.
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1 Neuralink has implanted its first machine in a human mind, says Musk
He additionally mentioned the affected person is recovering effectively from the process. (WSJ $)
+ The firm is but to share any extra concrete particulars, although. (Wired $)
+ Elon Musk needs extra bandwidth between individuals and machines. Do we’d like it? (MIT Technology Review)
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 photographs. (404 Media)
+ X has lifted its momentary ban on searches for the pop famous person. (WSJ $)
+ The quantity of deepfake porn on-line is more likely to skyrocket. (Slate $)