Elon Musk could face the wrath of the Swifties.
Taylor Swift fans are expressing their anger at Musk's social media platform X after graphic AI-generated images of the pop superstar went viral on the site.
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Swift fans are predictably angry and are flooding the hashtags spreading the images Videos of the singer's performance and calls to “get”Protect Taylor Swift“Trends on the website.
X appeared to have noted the spread of the graphic images in a post from the company Security account. Early Friday, he said they were working to remove the images and were “closely monitoring” the situation.
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Despite this, some images still appear to be circulating on the site. A report from 404 Media revealed that the images were migrated to X from a channel on the messaging app Telegram dedicated to using artificial intelligence to create offensive images of women.
Since taking over the site formerly known as Twitter in 2022, Musk has largely gutted the platform's content moderation team, raising fears that X is unable to handle fast-spreading disinformation or explicit material.
Users of the site have complained that highly graphic content was being distributed freely on the site, including videos of gang executions and links to apps that create non-consensual nude images of women by “undressing” them using AI.
The increasing availability of AI image generators has fueled concerns that they could be used to create “deepfake” nude images of women.
A report from a British charity last year found that some children were using technology in British schools to create indecent images of classmates, and a case in Spain sparked nationwide outrage after AI-generated explicit images of around 20 teenage schoolgirls were spread on social media.
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