The shock of seeing your body used in deepfake porn
TL;DR
When Jennifer got a job doing research for a nonprofit in 2023, she ran her new professional headshot through a facial recognition program. She wanted to see if the tech would pull up the porn videos she’d made more than 10 years before, when she was in her early 20s. It did in fact return….
Nauti's Take
The topic is finally hitting policy agendas, a welcome opportunity for real regulatory progress and stronger victim support. Faster takedown rules would be a useful win for everyone affected.
The catch: generative AI makes synthetic fakes cheaper and more convincing, while copyright and piracy systems lag badly behind. Platforms that don't filter proactively face mounting reputational and legal risk.
Summary
When Jennifer got a job doing research for a nonprofit in 2023, she ran her new professional headshot through a facial recognition program. She wanted to see if the tech would pull up the porn videos she’d made more than 10 years before, when she was in her early 20s.
It did in fact return…
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