According to the Telegraph , during a press conference on January 26, Ms. Karine Jean-Pierre – Press Secretary of the White House talked about pornographic images of singer Taylor Swift created by AI, spreading on social networks: “This is very alarming. So we will do everything we can to resolve the problem”.
Ms. Karine Jean-Pierre called on the US Congress to take legislative action against this phenomenon. According to the White House Press Secretary, lax management of AI-generated images has adversely affected women. She asked social media platforms to tighten rules to prevent the spread of this false information.
Previously, a series of pornographic deepfake images of Taylor Swift were shared on platform X with nearly 50 million views and were locked on January 25. However, this series of images was later shared to other platforms. Even the keyword “Taylor Swift AI” became a trend on social networking sites on January 25 (US time).
Before the incident, fans of the female singer expressed frustration and “rescued” their idol by posting her real image with the keyword “ProtectTaylor Swift” (protect Taylor Swift) to drown out the comments. fake content.
According to cybersecurity company Reality Defender, 90% of the above fake images were created using the AI Stable Diffusion model, which can be accessed through more than 100,000 applications and online tools.
Sam Gregory, CEO of a human rights organization in the UK, shared: “Many women have become victims of malicious “deepfake” clips. Now, in cyberspace, A sober Internet user must understand that even seeing with your own eyes cannot be believed immediately. This is very worrying because real clips can be suspected of being fake, and fake clips can be mistaken for real.”
Previously, Daily Mail on January 25 quoted a separate source as saying that Taylor Swift is said to be considering legal action against the deepfake website that creates objectionable AI images of her.
In fact, since 2011, Taylor Swift has issued a warning to fans about topless images and other pornographic content that includes her face. Taylor Swift has not been able to take official legal action and can only issue a warning to the fan community.
“Deepfake” is a term compounded from two words in English including “deep learning” and “fake” to talk about AI researching and learning deeply about information. facial expressions of a person, then create fake images depicting that person’s face to incorporate into the clip without that person actually appearing.
The images created by AI are quite realistic, which can make viewers at first think it is real content. And deepfake applications are becoming more and more developed, so the images they create are also becoming more realistic.
