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Can Taylor Swift save humanity from AI’s dark side?
The singer’s clout may lead to effective laws and show how generative AI is doing more harm than good.
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X, formerly known as Twitter, shut down searches for “Taylor Swift” as it was flooded with fake porn images of her.
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The recurring story of new technology is its unintended consequences.
Take image generators powered by artificial intelligence or AI. Their creators have claimed they are enhancing human imagination and making everyone an artist, but they often fail to mention how much they’re helping to create illicit deepfake pornography too. Lots of it.
