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The video, which appeared on the online forum Reddit, was what’s known as a “deepfake” — an ultrarealistic fake video made with artificial intelligence software.
Here Come the Fake Videos, Too By 2018
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“Deepfake” porn – producing fake pornographic images based on pictures of real people – is the latest tech-enabled sexual abuse to attract demands for a ban .
Casual sexism creates victims. We should acknowledge that and police it | Libby Brooks Libby Brooks 2018
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The word deepfake – now used as a catch-all term to describe any digitally manipulated image or video that can look convincingly real – was originally coined to refer to pornography, points out Henry Ajder, a deepfakes and AI expert who has been researching this for years, and has advised the UK government on legislation.
Inside the Taylor Swift deepfake scandal: ‘It’s men telling a powerful woman to get back in her box’ Emine Saner 2024
scarequotes commented on the word deepfake
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/30/16945494/deepfakes-porn-face-swap-legal
As deepfakes become more refined and easier to create, they also highlight the inadequacy of the law to protect would-be victims of this new technology. What, if anything, can you do if you’re inserted into pornographic images or videos against your will? Is it against the law to create, share, and spread falsified pornography with someone else’s face?
January 30, 2018
hugovk commented on the word deepfake
deepfake, n.
The Guardian, 7 February 2018:
August 3, 2018