Taylor Swift searches blocked on X after her AI-generated nude photos go insanly viral

Chandigarh, January 29

The AI-generated deepfake images of Taylor Swift in various sexualised positions at a Kansas City Chiefs game, which went insanely viral on social media, were seen by millions before X removed them.

The popular singer was reportedly weighing possible legal action against the website responsible for generating the deepfakes.

The crude images were traced back to an account under the handle @FloridaPigMan, which no longer bears any results on X.

The account reportedly garnered the images from Celeb Jihad, which boasts a collection of fake pornographic imagery, or “deepfakes”, using celebrities’ likenesses.

Elon Musk-run X has blocked searches for Taylor Swift.

When searching for Swift, a message now appears: “Something went wrong. Try reloading.”

The social media platform said it was a “temporary action” to prioritise safety.

The action is done “with an abundance of caution as we prioritise safety on this issue,” the company told the BBC.

In an earlier statement, X had said that it has a zero-tolerance policy towards such content.

“Our teams are actively removing all identified images and taking appropriate actions against the accounts responsible for posting them,” said X.

The White House last week pitched for legislation to protect people from deepfakes generated by AI, after the spread of fake photos of Swift went viral.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called the incident “alarming” and said it’s among the AI issues the Joe Biden administration has been prioritising.

Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella said the explicit Swift AI fakes are “alarming and terrible”. With IANS inputs