An unfortunate byproduct of technological advancement is that there are new ways of being terrible to one another.
Deepfake AI-generated pornography is the latest from the high-tech frontier in human cruelty. It produces images and videos that superimpose a real person’s face on bodies engaging in sexual acts. The resulting content is startling and gets more realistic as technology advances.
The harrowing tale of Elliston Berry, a teenager who sat beside first lady Melania Trump during Tuesday’s joint session, underscores the suffering deepfake images inflict. In October 2023, Berry woke up for a normal day at Aledo High School in Texas and discovered that deepfake pictures of her naked had been circulating throughout the student body on Snapchat and Instagram. The original images had been lifted
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