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Taylor Swift Deepfakes Spark Calls in Congress for New Legislation

posted by janrinok on Sunday January 28 2024, @09:32AM   Printer-friendly

upstart writes:

Taylor Swift deepfakes spark calls in Congress for new legislation:

Deepfakes use artificial intelligence (AI) to make a video of someone by manipulating their face or body. A study in 2023 found that there has been a 550% rise in the creation of doctored images since 2019, fuelled by the emergence of AI.

US Representative Joe Morelle called the spread of the pictures "appalling".

In a statement, X said it was "actively removing" the images and taking "appropriate actions" against the accounts involved in spreading them.

It added: "We're closely monitoring the situation to ensure that any further violations are immediately addressed, and the content is removed." While many of the images appear to have been removed at the time of publication, one photo of Swift was viewed a reported 47 million times before being taken down.

[...] There are currently no federal laws against the sharing or creation of deepfake images, though there have been moves at state level to tackle the issue.

In the UK, the sharing of deepfake pornography became illegal as part of its Online Safety Act in 2023.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Gaaark on Sunday January 28 2024, @05:21PM (1 child)

    by Gaaark (41) on Sunday January 28 2024, @05:21PM (#1342135) Journal

    But in a rare feat, Swift’s billionaire status was achieved largely by music, which puts her in a unique category with artists like Bruce Springsteen, who earned $1 billion from “on the road touring,” per Forbes.

    More than $500 million of Swift’s fortune is from music royalties and touring. She made an estimated $190 million after taxes from the first leg of the Eras tour and another $35 million from the first two weeks of screenings of the corresponding concert film, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which hit theaters on Oct. 13.

    Meanwhile, another $500 million of her earnings came from the increasing value of her music catalog.

    ‘It’s all sound and fury, signifying nothing’

    Marketing.

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  • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Sunday January 28 2024, @06:22PM

    by krishnoid (1156) on Sunday January 28 2024, @06:22PM (#1342149)

    As well as, in a lot of cases, legislation [schlockmercenary.com].