Redditor uses AI to create fake porn videos of celebrities
A Redditor using the name 'deepfakes' created fake pornographic videos of celebrities including Gal Gadot and Scarlett Johansson by face-swapping using a machine learning algorithm. The videos were posted on Reddit and SendVids. The algorithm was trained on images of the celebrities and existing porn videos. The article discusses the ethical implications and the ease of creating such forgeries.
- Date it happened
- 2017-12-11
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