Generative AI Is Making an Old Problem Much, Much Worse

Generative AI Is Making an Old Problem Much, Much Worse

Earlier this year, sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift were shared repeatedly X. The pictures were almost certainly created with generative-AI tools, demonstrating the ease with which the technology can be put to nefarious ends. This case mirrors many other apparently similar examples, including fake images depicting the arrest of former President Donald Trump, AI-generated …

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Congress Might Actually Do Something About AI, Thanks to Taylor Swift

Congress Might Actually Do Something About AI, Thanks to Taylor Swift

Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence. What to Watch For: Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” What to Watch For: Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” vinyl sales Concerns about AI porn—or, more commonly “deepfake porn”—are not new. For years, countless women and girls have been subjected to a flood of …

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‘We’re laundering plagiarism’: Music experts speak on AI and copyright issues following Senate forum

‘We’re laundering plagiarism’: Music experts speak on AI and copyright issues following Senate forum

WASHINGTON (TND) — CEOs, labor activists, journalists and media industry insiders gathered in Washington, D.C. last week to discuss the challenges to creative industries with the rise of artificial intelligence with members of the Senate. Particularly, those in the creative industries sought to discuss issues of transparency of AI models and what the evolving systems …

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