AI-generated deep fakes of explicit images of Taylor Swift went viral on the social media platform X, resulting in searches using the artist’s name being blocked.
The social media platform X took measures to temporarily ban searches using the pop musician Taylor Swift’s name in response to sexually explicit artificial intelligence (AI) generated images of the singer going viral on the site.
At the time of writing, if users search for the terms “Taylor Swift,” “Taylor Swift AI” or even “AI Taylor Swift,” no search results will appear.
The move comes in response to a flood of fake images of the artist going viral online. While some of the images were harmless, the outrage was caused by the overwhelming amount of images with sexually explicit themes.
