AI-generated Taylor Swift deepfake porn prompts platform bans and US legislation

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A surge of AI-generated non-consensual pornographic deepfakes of Taylor Swift spread on X, Reddit, Meta and Telegram. X blocked searches and removed posts, while the White House urges Congress to pass a bill. Senators led by Dick Durbin introduced the DEFIANCE Act, allowing victims to sue creators.[AI generated]

Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?

AI-generated pornographic images of Taylor Swift have been widely spread on X, which constitutes harm to the individual and community through misinformation and non-consensual explicit content. The AI system's use in generating this content directly led to this harm. Therefore, this qualifies as an AI Incident due to realized harm caused by AI-generated content dissemination. The platform's monitoring and removal efforts are responses to this incident but do not change the classification.[AI generated]
AI principles
Respect of human rightsPrivacy & data governanceSafetyAccountability

Industries
Media, social platforms, and marketing

Affected stakeholders
Women

Harm types
Human or fundamental rightsReputationalPsychological

AI system task:
Content generation

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