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Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni is seeking €100,000 in damages after deepfake pornographic videos of her were shared online.  Meloni is seeking compensation from a 40-year-old and his father over the deepfakes, which were viewed millions of times. The deepfake porn videos were uploaded prior to her appointment as prime minister in 2022.  If successful, the PM has vowed to donate the money to a fund to support women who have been victims of gender-based violence. While officials in this…

For the past six months, Guardian journalist Michael Safi has been trying to find out who is behind an AI company that creates deepfakes. Deepfakes that are causing havoc around the world, with police and lawmakers baffled about how to deal with them. And in trying to answer one question, he has been left with a bigger one: is AI going to make it impossible to sort fact from fiction? Continue reading... For the past six months, Guardian journalist Michael Safi has been trying to find out who is behind an AI company…

Drea de Matteo’s phone is blowing up. “There’s a lot fucking going on over here,” the 52-year-old actress says when she picks up the call from Rolling Stone. “It’s like I have a fucking sex tape out there or something. Just kidding.” The bustling activity, at least, is no exaggeration: though most recognizable as the feisty, sultry, doomed Adriana La Cerva from The Sopranos, de Matteo now runs a viral OnlyFans account, manages a streetwear brand called ULTRAFREE (she co-founded it with her partner, Robby…

Elon Musk took over Twitter promising to rid the platform of what he described as its biggest problem: bots. In his characteristic fashion, he not only failed to make good on his word, but the paid verification system he claimed would solve the issue pushed more fake accounts into users’ feeds. Junk advertising and artificial engagement are everywhere you look on the site, alongside lots of misinformation and extremism. But since the beginning of 2024, a distinct style of spam bot has dominated the conversation —…

When Ashley Neale started college in Texas in 2013, she needed money to pay for school. So, at the age of 18, she worked first as a cam girl and then as a stripper. Men would try to slip their fingers between her legs as she walked from the stage to the dressing room so often that she learned how to dislocate their shoulders. After her third successful dislocation, her manager told her to stop defending herself.Since then, she’s continued her career in sex work – but in the tech world. She worked at FetLife, a social…

Wisconsin lawmakers on Thursday passed bills to regulate artificial intelligence, joining a growing number of states grappling with how to control the technology as November's elections loom.The Assembly approved a bipartisan measure to require political candidates and groups to include disclaimers in ads that use AI technology. Violators would face a $1,000 fine.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in FinTech, Banking & Applied Risk…

Back in 2022, the European Commission released a proposal for a directive on how to combat domestic violence and violence against women in other forms. Now, the European Council and Parliament have agreed with the proposal to criminalize, among other things, different types of cyber-violence. The proposed rules will criminalize the non-consensual sharing of intimate images, including deepfakes made by AI tools, which could help deter revenge porn. Cyber-stalking, online harassment, misogynous hate speech and…

Photo: DAVID SWANSON/AFP (Getty Images)Since it launched last week, the Apple Vision Pro has mesmerized the world with its technical wizardry and cool form factor. People are pretty excited about this thing right now. That said, customers have been quick to point out one notable downside of the device: You can’t watch porn with it. The First Things To Do In VR, Part 3Or, more specifically, you can’t watch VR porn with it, which would appear to be the only kind of porn that really matters in this context. “Flat” or normal…

Things got pretty strange at the latest comedy show headlined by Matt Rife, a viral TikTok comic and an ex-boyfriend of Kate Beckinsale. During the event this past Sunday, February 4th, legendary adult film star Lisa Ann was arrested. The police arrested her for allegedly using her phone during the comedian's performance, which is strictly prohibited when it comes to a multitude of stand-up comedy venues. However, the former Brazzers Exxtra performer claims that she was wrongfully taken into custody and that the police…

Dusty Deevers is a fundamentalist preacher. He’s also a state senator. And he insists he doesn’t see “any firewalls” between his two roles — as he crusades to outlaw porn, end what he decries as the “abortion holocaust,” and abolish no-fault divorce in Oklahoma. He argues that the sole purpose of government is to “promote what is good in accordance with the will of God.” Elected in a special election in December, Deevers represents the town of Elgin, in Oklahoma’s rural southwest, where he grew up and serves as the…