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French prosecutors summon Musk over allegations of child abuse images, deepfakes on X

French prosecutors summon Musk over allegations of child abuse images, deepfakes on X

Published by Sam Flores

Elon Musk has been summoned to Paris on Monday, where investigators are looking into allegations of misconduct related to the social media platform X, including the spread of child sexual abuse material and deepfake content. The world’s richest man and Linda Yaccarino — the former CEO of X — have been summoned for “voluntary interviews,” while other employees of the platform are scheduled to be heard as witnesses throughout this week, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. Source link

The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought

The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought

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Nevertheless, there are clear patterns that appear. In nearly all cases, teenage boys are allegedly responsible for the creation of the images or videos. They are often shared in social media apps or via instant messaging with classmates. And they are hugely harmful to the victims. “I’m worried that every time they see me, they see those photos,” one victim in Iowa said earlier this year. “She’s been crying. She hasn’t been eating,” another’s family said. In multiple instances, victims often do not want to attend school or be faced with seeing those who created explicit images or videos of them. “She feels hopeless because she knows that these images will likely make it onto the internet and reach pedophiles,” says lawyer Shane Vogt, and three Yale Law School students, Catharine Strong, Tony Sjodin, and Suzanne Castillo, who are representing one unnamed New Jersey teenager in legal action against a nudifying service. “She is severely distressed by the knowledge that these images are out there, and she will have to monitor the internet for the …

In an Interview, Deep Voodoo’s Matt Stone Says AI Will Benefit TV

In an Interview, Deep Voodoo’s Matt Stone Says AI Will Benefit TV

Published by Daniella Wilson

In a professionally lighted brick-walled space in Venice, not different from many other professionally lighted brick-walled spaces all over Los Angeles, actors routinely come in to have their photos and video taken. The process is quick and unremarkable to anyone familiar with the studio-shoot culture of the city, where the backdrops change but the conventions stay the same. Yet the similarities with a typical Hollywood shoot end after the camera switches off at the offices of this boutique firm known as Deep Voodoo. The images and video are converted into data bits and sent to AI-model experts employed all over the world. One in Eastern Europe, another in Argentina, a third in Vancouver. They work their machine-training magic, relying on compute from a data center at an undisclosed location. Eventually all that data gets turned into the desired object: a de-aged actor or deepfake or other synthetic image that can used for various forms of entertainment. All of that would be intriguing even if the founders of Deep Voodoo weren’t South Park instigators Trey Parker and Matt …

What if the real risk of AI isn’t deepfakes — but daily whispers?

What if the real risk of AI isn’t deepfakes — but daily whispers?

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Most people don’t appreciate the profound threat that AI will soon pose to human agency. A common refrain is that “AI is just a tool,” and like any tool, its benefits and dangers depend on how people use it. This is old-school thinking. AI is transitioning from tools we use to prosthetics we wear. This will create significant new threats we’re just not prepared for. No, I’m not talking about creepy brain implants. These AI-powered prosthetics will be mainstream products we buy from Amazon or the Apple Store and marketed with friendly names like “assistants,” “coaches,” “co-pilots” and “tutors.” They will provide real value in our lives — so much so that we will feel disadvantaged if others are wearing them and we are not. This will create rapid pressure for mass adoption.  The prosthetic devices I’m referring to are “AI-powered wearables” like smart glasses, pendants, pins and earbuds. Your wearable AI will see what you see and hear what you hear, all while tracking where you are, what you’re doing, who you’re with and …

The Search Engine for OnlyFans Models Who Look Like Your Crush

The Search Engine for OnlyFans Models Who Look Like Your Crush

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For three days in February, porn star Alix Lynx flew to Miami for her first exclusive creator gathering where she was in full grind mode: shooting Reels and talking strategy with other creators. “It was kind of like SoHo House for OnlyFans girls,” she says of the experience, which is called The Circle and drew more than a dozen sex workers, including Remy LaCroix and Forrest Smith. Lynx, who is a former webcam model turned OnlyFans starlet, has a combined 2 million followers across Instagram, TikTok, and X. She joined OnlyFans in 2017 with “the luxury of having my own following,” she says, but those numbers haven’t always translated to subscriptions. It’s why she was in Miami. “I don’t think people understand. I do a shitload of marketing,” Lynx says.“That’s the big misconception with OnlyFans—when creators join they think it’s going to be easy. But unless you’re a genius at marketing on social media, which is few and far between, it’s genuinely hard to get found and gain a following.” Many of OnlyFans’ 4 million …

EU opens probe into Musk’s Grok AI over sexualized deepfakes

EU opens probe into Musk’s Grok AI over sexualized deepfakes

Published by Sam Flores

Elon Musk’s social media platform X faces a European Union privacy investigation after its Grok AI chatbot started spitting out nonconsensual deepfake images, Ireland’s data privacy regulator said Tuesday. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said it notified X on Monday that it was opening the inquiry under the 27-nation EU’s strict data privacy regulations, adding to the scrutiny X is facing in Europe and other parts of the world over Grok’s behavior. Source link

How the use of AI and ‘deepfakes’ play a role in the search for Nancy Guthrie : NPR

How the use of AI and ‘deepfakes’ play a role in the search for Nancy Guthrie : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Nancy Guthrie’s daughter Annie’s home is seen Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, in Tucson, Ariz. Caitlin O’Hara/AP hide caption toggle caption Caitlin O’Hara/AP The search for Nancy Guthrie continues after she disappeared from her home in Tucson, Ariz. two weekends ago, and imposter kidnappers have swarmed. Law enforcement has said they’ve received several ransom notes from people claiming to have the mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie. Savannah and her siblings, Annie and Camron, have been posting videos to social media pleading for Nancy Guthrie, 84, to be returned home, and have asked for proof of life before any ransom is paid. “We are ready to talk. However, we live in a world where voices and images are easily manipulated,” Savannah Guthrie said in one video and asking for proof that her mother was still alive. As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced and commonplace, it can be difficult to know what’s real and what’s not, which has complicated the search for Nancy Guthrie, according to law enforcement. But just how difficult is it? AI can …

Inside the marketplace powering bespoke AI deepfakes of real women

Inside the marketplace powering bespoke AI deepfakes of real women

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Civitai automatically tags bounties requesting deepfakes and lists a way for the person featured in the content to manually request its takedown. This system means that Civitai has a reasonably successful way of knowing which bounties are for deepfakes, but it’s still leaving moderation to the general public rather than carrying it out proactively.  A company’s legal liability for what its users do isn’t totally clear. Generally, tech companies have broad legal protections against such liability for their content under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, but those protections aren’t limitless. For example, “you cannot knowingly facilitate illegal transactions on your website,” says Ryan Calo, a professor specializing in technology and AI at the University of Washington’s law school. (Calo wasn’t involved in this new study.) Civitai joined OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI companies in 2024 in adopting design principles to guard against the creation and spread of AI-generated child sexual abuse material . This move followed a 2023 report from the Stanford Internet Observatory, which found that the vast majority of AI models …

Deepfake ‘Nudify’ Technology Is Getting Darker—and More Dangerous

Deepfake ‘Nudify’ Technology Is Getting Darker—and More Dangerous

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Open the website of one explicit deepfake generator and you’ll be presented with a menu of horrors. With just a couple of clicks, it offers you the ability to convert a single photo into an eight-second explicit videoclip, inserting women into realistic-looking graphic sexual situations. “Transform any photo into a nude version with our advanced AI technology,” text on the website says. The options for potential abuse are extensive. Among the 65 video “templates” on the website are a range of “undressing” videos where the women being depicted will remove clothing—but there are also explicit video scenes named “fuck machine deepthroat” and various “semen” videos. Each video costs a small fee to be generated; adding AI-generated audio costs more. The website, which WIRED is not naming to limit further exposure, includes warnings saying people should only upload photos they have consent to transform with AI. It’s unclear if there are any checks to enforce this. Grok, the chatbot created by Elon Musk’s companies, has been used to created thousands of nonconsensual “undressing” or “nudify” bikini …