Pornographic deepfakes targeting Taylor Swift raise awareness of the dangers of AI. The montages, seen by tens of millions of Internet users, would have been produced with general public tools.
In an emergency, the social network X deactivated searches on the singer. Never before have “deepfakes” been spread at such speed and in such proportions. The social network announced this weekend that it was blocking all searches around the singer's name. “This is a temporary measure, taken with extreme caution because we prioritize security,” commented a spokesperson for X.