
AI deepfakes, women, and the liberating imagery of feminist sexual vengeance
SalonIn 1968, performance artist Valie Export put on a pair of crotchless pants and strolled into a Munich cinema. Export’s legendary performance piece, “Action Pants: Genital Panic,” came to mind this week when 404 Media reported that yet another internet forum has popped up for guys who create AI-generated deepfake porn. “Familiar girls.” The master’s tools We’ve been inundated with coverage about how pervasive and destructive deepfake porn is, and now we’ve even got documentaries about it. The Centre for International Governance Innovation calls this doxxing, Zoom-bombing and deepfaking of women the “shadow pandemic.” Women steering violence we can’t outrun by offering anticipatory compliance is a survival strategy that obviously precedes current western tech-capitalism, but never has it been more conveniently and profitably exploited by more men We’re not likely to see a sudden feminist revolution in AI tech, either. I wouldn’t hang Artemisia Gentileschi’s “Judith Slaying Halofernes” in the living room, but I could stare at Janina Baranowska’s “Acteon Devoured by His Hounds” every evening over dinner The historical problem of media which extends the male gaze is at the heart of deepfake porn: it’s a male reduction of women to passive parts, an assertion of the viewers’ relational and psychological power over the subject being viewed.
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Dozens of women targeted by AI-generated nudes, experts raise alarm
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Inside the horrific world of deepfake porn
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From Rashmika to Kohli: Celebrities Who Fall Prey to AI Deception
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Deepfake pornography: 250 UK celebrities victimised, Channel 4 News presenter Cathy Newman shares ‘haunting’ ordeal
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‘Haunting’ to see deepfake pornography of myself, says journalist Cathy Newman
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AI-generated deepfakes targeting women politicians around the world
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Labour to crack down on deepfakes and sharing of illicit intimate images
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Sickening deepfake and AI-generated child abuse images are doubling every six months, Britain's FBI warns
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AI means anyone can be a victim of deepfake porn. Here’s how to protect yourself
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Inside depraved AI deepfake porn Telegram group that encourages users to share naked pictures of their female family members in vile 'humiliation rooms'
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Deepfake Creators Are Revictimizing GirlsDoPorn Sex Trafficking Survivors
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What is a deepfake and why does the government want to make them illegal?
The Independent
Creating sexually explicit deepfake images to be criminalised in UK
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As victims from schoolgirls to AOC and Taylor Swift speak out about the horrors of AI porn, sites like LinkedIn are STILL allowing ads for 'undressing apps' that let anyone create deepfake images in s
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Ocasio-Cortez ‘shocked’ by porn deepfake in her likeness
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More than 250 UK celebrities become victims of deepfake porn
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Facebook and Instagram both ran ads for $7.99 AI app which used deepfake nude images of a 16-year-old Jenna Ortega
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Deepfake explicit imagery is creating risks for children and challenges for law enforcers
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Deepfake democracy: Behind the AI trickery shaping India’s 2024 election
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Explained: Why deepfakes are everywhere, and the fight to stop them
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Taylor Swift no longer searchable on X (Twitter) after deepfake scandal
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Outrage over deepfake porn images of Taylor Swift
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Deepfake explicit images of Taylor Swift spread on social media
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Deepfake explicit images of Taylor Swift spread on social media. Her fans are fighting back
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If Taylor Swift Can’t Defeat Deepfake Porn, No One Can
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Non-consensual deepfake porn surfaces at the top of Google and Bing search results | Report
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Bollywood star or deepfake? AI floods social media in Asia
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Deepfakes: Clear and present danger
India Today
Inside thriving deepfake porn bazaar
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The legal net to trap peddlers of deepfakes
Hindustan Times
Deepfakes have a dark side of AI and lawyers set to fight for the identity of people
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A reality check about deepfakes
Hindustan Times
94% deepfake adult content videos targets entertainment industry celebs: Survey
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Deepfake Porn Is Out of Control
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Artificial Intelligence For Artificial Sex: Meta miffed at people misusing its 'most powerful' AI model
Firstpost
Deepfake porn could be a growing problem amid AI race
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Deepfake porn could be a growing problem amid AI race
The Independent
Atrioc: Deepfake pornography is making women’s online lives even more frightening
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Twitch stars discover disgusted to find their images used in Deepfake porn
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Deepfakes: Cyber expert warns AI images pose national security risk
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Take a step to regulate deepfakes
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Deepfake anyone? AI synthetic media tech enters perilous phase
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A Powerful New Deepfake Tool Has Digitally Undressed Thousands Of Women
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Deepfakes are jumping from porn to politics. It’s time to fight back
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Deepfakes are the most dangerous crime of the future, researchers say
The Independent
Deepfake content is doubling every six months, trend to grow in Asia
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Deepfakes Are Becoming the Hot New Corporate Training Tool
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Kristen Bell ‘shocked’ to learn her face was used in ‘deepfake’ porn video
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Deepfake Hits Indian Polity, Brings Privacy Concerns as Pornography Scare Looms Large
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