Deepfake Abuse is a Crisis w/ Kat Tenbarge
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Deepfake Abuse is a Crisis
Kat Tenbarge
Notes
Paris Marx is joined by Kat Tenbarge to discuss the proliferation of AI-generated, non-consensual sexual images, their impact on the victims, and the potential fallout for tech companies who helped make it all possible. Note there is some discussion of self-harm and suicide in this episode.
Guest
Kat Tenbarge is a tech and culture writer at NBC News.
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Links
- Kat has reported extensively on this issue, including stories about fake nude images of underage celebrities toping search engine results, nonconsensual deepfake porn showing up on Google and Bing too, Visa and Mastercard being used to fund the deepfake economy, and why plans for watermarking aren’t enough.
- Another Body is a documentary that looks at the scale of the problem of non-consensual deepfake explicit images.
- Microsoft’s Designer AI tool was used to create AI porn of Taylor Swift.
- Middle and high schools in Seattle, Miami, and Beverley Hills are among those already facing the consequences of AI-generated and deepfake nude images.
- In 2014, Jennifer Lawrence called the iCloud photo hack a “sex crime.”