deepfake harm
An AI app that "undressed" women shows how deepfakes harm the most vulnerable
Though the deepfakes didn't depict the women's actual bodies--they are completely synthesized by the algorithm--they still had the potential to cause significant emotional and reputational damage. The images could easily be mistaken for the real thing and used as revenge porn or a powerful tool for silencing women. In fact, this has happened before: a female journalist in India had her face grafted onto a porn video after she began uncovering government corruption. It instantly went viral, subjecting her to intense harassment and rape threats, and she had to go offline for several months.