Last week, an AI-generated "explicit photo" of Taylor Swift went viral on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), with one garnering more than 45 million views.240,000** and hundreds of thousands of likes and favorites.
The platform, to which Elon Musk belongs, suspended the user after 17 hours for violating the account's policies. Among these false ** that has been spread, "Mildew" appeared at the rugby game scene with a gesture full of sexual innuendo.
In real life, she did have a live ** boyfriend Travis Kellce (tr**is kelce) race recently. According to 404 Media, the fake ** came from 4chan, a group with close ties to Q-Anon conspiracy theorists, and a group on Telegram where users shared AI-generated photos of female celebrities.
In addition, the false ** involving Swift also appeared on Celebrity Jihad, which is known for posting leaked celebrity private**, images, and deepfakes.
According to the report, these moldy ** do not appear to be the result of superimposing their faces on**, but were created using a commercially available AI generation tool. The tool appears to be Microsoft's AI generator called Designer, and groups on Telegram and users on 4chan also share tips on how members can bypass Microsoft's protections against the generation of explicit images.
In the midst of this storm, an account involved in bringing these ** from the dark corners of the web to X appears to be named ZVBEAR, which was set to private on Thursday. It had about 8 at the time30,000 followers, but has since decreased by a few thousand. Other users involved in spreading these fake ** on different social platforms were also shut down as well.
Swift and her team have yet to respond positively to the controversy, but a person familiar with the matter hinted in an interview with the Daily Mail that they would take legal action against the perpetrators.