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WaPo has an article about how AI generated nudes are being used to harass influencers, classmates, etc:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/05/ai-deepfake-porn-teens-women-impact/

When Gabi Belle learned there was a naked photo of her circulating on the internet, her body turned cold. The YouTube influencer had never posed for the image, which showed her standing in a field without clothes. She knew it must be fake.

But when Belle, 26, messaged a colleague asking for help removing the image he told her there were nearly 100 fake photos scattered across the web, mostly housed on websites known for hosting porn generated by artificial intelligence. They were taken down in July, Belle said, but new images depicting her in graphic sexual situations have already surfaced.

I felt yucky and violated, Belle said in an interview. Those private parts are not meant for the world to see because I have not consented to that. So its really strange that someone would make images of me.

Artificial intelligence is fueling an unprecedented boom this year in fake pornographic images and videos. Its enabled by a rise in cheap and easy-to-use AI tools that can undress people in photographs analyzing what their naked bodies would look like and imposing it into an image or seamlessly swap a face into a pornographic video.

On the top 10 websites that host AI-generated porn photos, fake nudes have ballooned by more than 290 percent since 2018, according to Genevieve Oh, an industry analyst. These sites feature celebrities and political figures such as New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez alongside ordinary teenage girls, whose likenesses have been seized by bad actors to incite shame, extort money or live out private fantasies.

Victims have little recourse. Theres no federal law governing deepfake porn, and only a handful of states have enacted regulations. President Bidens AI executive order issued Monday recommends, but does not require, companies to label AI-generated photos, videos and audio to indicate computer-generated work.

Meanwhile, legal scholars warn that AI fake images may not fall under copyright protections for personal likenesses, because they draw from data sets populated by millions of images. This is clearly a very serious problem, said Tiffany Li, a law professor at the University of San Francisco.

The advent of AI images comes at a particular risk for women and teens, many of whom arent prepared for such visibility. A 2019 study by Sensity AI, a company that monitors deepfakes, found 96 percent of deepfake images are pornography, and 99 percent of those photos target women.

Its now very much targeting girls, said Sophie Maddocks, a researcher and digital rights advocate at the University of Pennsylvania. Young girls and women who arent in the public eye.

And in the Houston Chronicle, an article about scammers using AI to fake the voice of a man's son in law, stealing $17k from him
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/ai-generated-scam-18469518.php

An 82-year-old man was tricked out of thousands of dollars after scammers used artificial intelligence technology to pose as a Texas police officer over the phone, ABC 13's Erica Simon reported.

Jerry, identified only by his first name, told ABC 13 that he received a call on Oct. 21 from a stranger who introduced himself as Sgt. Matthew with the San Antonio Police Department. The caller told Jerry that Jerry's son-in-law, Michael Trueblood, was in jail for a serious accident that he caused. Another voice, which Jerry then thought belonged to his son-in-law, came on the line and asked Jerry to help pay for his release.

The scammers convinced Jerry to take out a total of $17,000 and hire a courier to deliver the cash from the assisted living facility where Jerry resided with his wife. Although Jerry wrote down the license plate numbers of the vehicles that drove off with his money, officers with the Sugar Land Police Department said leads to any linked courier services have turned up short.

"We really depended on that money. I'm going to have to get a job somewhere. H-E-B or something like that, to try to restore some of this money," Jerry said.

AI experts say there has been an uptick in similar schemes that rely on voice cloning devices over the past year. According to a FOX Business article by Eric Revell, advancements in technology have allowed criminals to better impersonate their targets' friends and families.

But you're not focusing on the positives of AI, like...*checks notes* writing my term papers for me, and churning out weird Elsa art.

Incidentally, my grandparents were swindled out of thousands by a similar scam that didn't yet have the benefit of AI voicework. Can't wait for this to become the norm.

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masterpug53 posted...

But you're not focusing on the positives of AI, like...*checks notes* writing my term papers for me, and churning out weird Elsa art.

There is also ChaosGPT, an AI made with the express goal of the destruction of the human race. That's a pretty big positive.

People never verify shit

My mom got a scam call of a similar sort saying I needed bail money, while I was literally sitting in her living room. Told her right there at that point if there was any possibility it was real, just hang up, call the PD and ask about it. Don't trust any phone call asking for information or money these days.

ellis123 posted...

There is also ChaosGPT, an AI made with the express goal of the destruction of the human race. That's a pretty big positive.

Why is this a thing?

masterpug53 posted...

But you're not focusing on the positives of AI, like...*checks notes* writing my term papers for me, and churning out weird Elsa art.

ellis123 posted...

There is also ChaosGPT, an AI made with the express goal of the destruction of the human race. That's a pretty big positive.

Yeah those are definitely the only positives. For sure

someone made a topic about how a similar program was used to create fake nudes of school girls, and how they circulated around their schools.

this stuff is really messed up