White House Alarmed by Taylor Swift Deepfake Images | World News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: For the past few months, artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes have been making much buzz on social networking sites all for the wrong reasons. Recently, explicit images of pop star Taylor Swift ‘alarmed’ the White House.
Addressing the reporters on Friday, White House press secretary Karine Jean Pierre said, “We are alarmed by the reports of the circulation of the … false image.”
She further stated that as social media make their independent decision regarding the content, 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.
Pierre expressed her disappointment with such images that impact women and they become the target of online harassment and also abuse.
“So, the President is committed, as you know, to ensuring we reduce the risk of general — generative AI producing images, like through his latest executive order that we announced just — just in the fall of last year. So, this problem is not new. And it’s one that the Biden-Harris administration has been prioritizing since day one. We have taken this very seriously. Again, this is alarming to us,” the press secretary said.
The pornographic images of singer Taylor Swift were circulated across the internet this week, leading to backlash among her fans and renewing calls from federal lawmakers for social media companies to enforce their rules.
Looking at the potential risks associated with artificial intelligence and AI-generated content, last May, Rep. Joseph Morelle (D-N.Y.) unveiled a bill to make sharing deepfake pornography illegal.
President Biden in October signed a sweeping executive order on artificial intelligence focused on seizing on the emerging technology and managing its risks.
The same incident was seen even in India, where some deepfake images of actors Rashmika Mandanna, Katrina Kaif, and Kajol Devgn were circulated on social media platforms.
After the deepfakes surfaced in online space, the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) has announced that they are working on decisive measures.
Addressing the reporters on Friday, White House press secretary Karine Jean Pierre said, “We are alarmed by the reports of the circulation of the … false image.”
She further stated that as social media make their independent decision regarding the content, 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.
Pierre expressed her disappointment with such images that impact women and they become the target of online harassment and also abuse.
“So, the President is committed, as you know, to ensuring we reduce the risk of general — generative AI producing images, like through his latest executive order that we announced just — just in the fall of last year. So, this problem is not new. And it’s one that the Biden-Harris administration has been prioritizing since day one. We have taken this very seriously. Again, this is alarming to us,” the press secretary said.
The pornographic images of singer Taylor Swift were circulated across the internet this week, leading to backlash among her fans and renewing calls from federal lawmakers for social media companies to enforce their rules.
Looking at the potential risks associated with artificial intelligence and AI-generated content, last May, Rep. Joseph Morelle (D-N.Y.) unveiled a bill to make sharing deepfake pornography illegal.
President Biden in October signed a sweeping executive order on artificial intelligence focused on seizing on the emerging technology and managing its risks.
The same incident was seen even in India, where some deepfake images of actors Rashmika Mandanna, Katrina Kaif, and Kajol Devgn were circulated on social media platforms.
After the deepfakes surfaced in online space, the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) has announced that they are working on decisive measures.
