Taylor Swift is one of the biggest stars in the world, but she is also just another human being.
Over the several weeks, explicit AI-generated photos have surfaced of Swift. According to the Daily Mail, the pop star is “furious” and heavily considering taking legal action.
AI images are images that are generated, and the “artist” is not human.
The images started appearing on a deepfake shady porn site. The site surpasses cybercrime squads.
Within the past year, Swift began dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and was seen supporting Kelce from the private suites at recent games.
Due to the buzz surrounding the Kansas City Chiefs, there are now pictures of Swift in their apparel performing sexual acts located in the Kansas City Stadium.
Once those images were released from the site, the photos made it to other social media platforms.
Platforms X and Reddit began to delete the pictures that were appearing. The X account that had released the pictures has been deleted.
Taylor Swift fans — the “Swifties” — are likewise furious and started the hashtag #ProtectTaylorSwift. Fans went after accounts that were sharing the deepfakes of Swift.
Before the photos and accounts were deleted, one AI picture of Swift had been seen over 45 million times. The post was live for 17 hours.
This has gathered so much attention that even the White House is disgusted. The conversation had circled its way around to the Congress, requesting that someone act.
“While social media companies make their own independent decisions about content management, we believe they have an important role to play in enforcing their own rules to prevent the spread of misinformation, and non-consensual, intimate imagery of real people,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said to an ABC News correspondent.
With the usage of rapid AI images growing more and more, many have stated that some things need to change fast. AI deepfake images are considered by many to be sexual abuse.
“When you have figures like Taylor Swift who are this big [targeted], maybe this is what prompts action from legislators and tech companies because they can’t afford to have America’s sweetheart be on a public campaign against them,” he said. “I would argue they need to make her feel better because she does carry probably more clout than almost anyone else on the internet,” Ben Decker, CEO of digital investigation agency Memetica, said.
Swift’s spokesperson refused to comment when asked about the discussion.
“Posting Non-Consensual Nudity (NCN) images is strictly prohibited on X and we have a zero-tolerance policy towards such content. Our teams are actively removing all identified images and taking appropriate actions against the accounts responsible for posting them. We’re closely monitoring the situation to ensure that any further violations are immediately addressed, and the content is removed. We’re committed to maintaining a safe and respectful environment for all users,” X safety account posted.
Any type of search about “Taylor Swift AI pictures” now comes up as a “404 error page.”
