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The deepfakes showed Swift in a number of poses among throngs of fellow Chiefs supporters, partially decked up in team apparel (a nod to her relationship with tight end Travis Kelce).
The Daily Dot claims that before X took down the posts, the pictures had at least 22 million views. In an effort to dispel the horrifying fakes, Swift fans banded together to denounce the photos and inundated the social media platform with flattering remarks about the singer that included keywords like “Taylor Swift AI.” This caused the topic to trend on Thursday morning. According to reports, Reddit, Facebook, and Instagram have also been attempting to stop the photographs’ widespread distribution.
Though it’s unknown if the user also generated the photographs, one account in particular has been linked to the images’ viral rise.
Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, wrote on X, “I’ve repeatedly warned that AI could be used to generate non-consensual intimate imagery.” “I’m going to keep pushing on AI companies to stop this horrible capability and on platforms to stop their circulation because this is a deplorable situation.”
The pictures went viral at the same time that a suspected Swift stalker was detained three times in three days in the vicinity of the singer’s New York City residence.
Among the responses from Swift fans were:
“TҺоse аι pҺоtоs оf Tаylоr Swιft аre crаzy. genuιnely Һоrrιfyιng tҺаt tҺey аre reаl. Repоrt tҺоse tweets, kιnԀly, аnԀ Ԁоn’t pаy tҺem аny mоre аttentιоn. оne cоmmenter stаteԀ, “Sоme оf tҺese men reаlly neeԀ tо be sent tо Mаrs оr sоmetҺιng аnԀ kept ιn а cаge.”
“Keep her safe; don’t abuse technology. AI for Taylor Swift is abhorrent. One more person said, “Please protect Taylor Swift.
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It’s mind-boggling how many shoddy arguments I’ve seen in favor of garbage like the Taylor Swift AI photos. “You just worry because it’s Taylor,” No, it’s terrible when it occurs to anyone. I never forgot that garbage when MFS did it to Tom Holland as well. But continue to deflect, wrote someone else:
“The fans оf Taylоr Swift are truly incredible.” After an AI pоrnоgraphy оf her gets viral, peоple оrganize, pоsting mоre than 200k times tо defend Taylоr, demand actiоn, and have the accоunts that shared the ᴘᴏʀɴ suspended. They really dо things that оur judicial system is unable tо dо,” anоther persоn cоmmented.
Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter/X, has not yet commented on the matter, nor has Swift.
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