Final week, sexually specific photos of Taylor Swift, one of many world’s largest pop stars, went viral on-line. Tens of millions of individuals considered 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 underneath management.

This isn’t a brand new phenomenon: deepfakes have been round for years. Nevertheless, the rise of generative AI has made it simpler than ever to create deepfake pornography and sexually harass individuals utilizing AI-generated photos and movies.

Fortunately, there’s some hope. Our senior AI author Melissa Heikkilä has set out 3 ways we are able to fight nonconsensual deepfake porn. Learn the total story.

Learn Melissa’s open letter to Taylor Swift within the newest version of The Algorithm, our weekly AI publication. Whereas 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 actual, actionable change. Enroll to obtain it in your inbox each Monday.

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1 Neuralink has implanted its first gadget in a human mind, says Musk
He additionally mentioned the affected person is recovering nicely from the process. (WSJ $)
+ The corporate 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 Expertise Overview)

2 Microsoft has made adjustments 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 photos. (404 Media)
+ X has lifted its short-term ban on searches for the pop celebrity. (WSJ $)
+ The quantity of deepfake porn on-line is prone to skyrocket. (Slate $)