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So a few weeks ago, a guy on Reddit came up with a tool for using AI to map someone's face into a video. Of course, it was immediately used to put celebrities into porn - something that up until this point has been no real issue.

However, it gained some news coverage because it looked kind of realistic, and now Reddit, Pornhub and Twitter have all banned fake porn.

https://www.reddit.com/r/celebfakes

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/pornhub-twitter-deepfakes-ban-ai-celebrity-faces-porn-actress-bodies-emma-watson-jennifer-lawrence-a8199131.html

Now I assume there has been a threat of legal action, because this content has never been banned before on any of those sites. So my question is, what legal precedent is there for someone to request a takedown?

So a few weeks ago, a guy on Reddit came up with a tool for using AI to map someone's face into a video. Of course, it was immediately used to put celebrities into porn - something that up until this point has been no real issue. However, it gained some news coverage because it looked kind of realistic, and now Reddit, Pornhub and Twitter have all banned fake porn. https://www.reddit.com/r/celebfakes http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/pornhub-twitter-deepfakes-ban-ai-celebrity-faces-porn-actress-bodies-emma-watson-jennifer-lawrence-a8199131.html Now I assume there has been a threat of legal action, because this content has never been banned before on any of those sites. So my question is, what legal precedent is there for someone to request a takedown?

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[–] PMYA [OP] 3 points (+3|-0)

Another thing has just occurred to me whilst thinking about this. It isn't an issue yet, but what happens in a few years when this is perfected and available to everyone? Video footage of crimes is going to become unreliable if you can't figure out if its real or not.

Also I did some googling for research. 7 fucking minutes long, (NSFW) it isn't perfect but I have never seen anything even approaching this length before.

[–] Violentlight 1 points (+1|-0)

The program that became popular is free. With money, all video footage is unreliable.