Fakes

X makes Taylor Swift’s name unsearchable amid viral deep fakes

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Pornographic deepfakes of Taylor Swift went viral on X (formerly Twitter) this week, highlighting the dangers of AI-generated imagery online. Synthetic or manipulated media that may deceive people isn’t allowed on X, according to its policy, and the platform’s safety team posted on Friday that it’s “actively removing all identified images and taking appropriate actions … Read more

Satya Nadella says explicit Taylor Swift AI fakes are ‘alarming and terrible’

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has responded to a controversy over sexually explicit AI-made fake images of Taylor Swift. In an interview with NBC Nightly News that will air next Tuesday, Nadella calls the proliferation of nonconsensual simulated nudes “alarming and terrible,” telling interviewer Lester Holt that “I think it behooves us to move fast on … Read more

White House calls for legislation to stop Taylor Swift AI fakes

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Legislation needs to be passed to protect people from fake sexual images generated by AI, the White House said this afternoon. The statement, from White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, came in response to a question about the spread of fake sexualized photos of Taylor Swift on social media this week. Jean-Pierre called the incident … Read more

Google fakes an AI demo, Grand Theft Auto VI goes viral and Spotify cuts jobs

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Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the past few days in tech. AI stole the headlines once again, with tech giants from Google to X (formerly Twitter) heading off against OpenAI for chatbot supremacy. But plenty happened besides. In this edition of WiR, we cover Google faking a … Read more

Amazon sues group that fakes returns so people can get free MacBooks

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Amazon is suing a naughty but enterprising group called REKK for offering a paid service to willing shoppers looking to get big-ticket items like laptops and game consoles for cheap by exploiting its return and refund system. This isn’t like the times you try to return a small item purchased from Amazon, like a pair … Read more

Google Image Search Will Now Show a Photo’s History. Can It Spot Fakes?

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Google has stressed that the metadata field in “About this image” is not going to be a surefire way to see the origins, or provenance, of an image. It’s mostly designed to give more context or alert the casual internet user if an image is much older than it appears—suggesting it might now be repurposed—or … Read more

Kelly Ripa ‘Fakes Her Own Death’ To Avoid Sex With Mark Consuelos

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Kelly Ripa has made a huge confession on live television — sometimes she plays dead to avoid having sex with her husband, Mark Consuelos. The couple currently co-hosts “Live With Kelly and Mark” together where they discuss various topics. Lately, the two have been discussing their sex life, including the fact that sometimes Ripa does … Read more

Donald Trump’s Mug Shot Issues in a World of Fakes

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For months, Etsy has turn into plagued by a brand new style of T-shirt: the Donald Trump mug shot. They usually’re obtainable in two essential kinds: Guity AF and Not Responsible. The shirts are adorned with images of the previous US president showing as if he’d simply been booked, however till very lately, they’ve been … Read more