Earlier this week, AI-generated porn featuring Taylor Swift started circulating on X (formerly Twitter). Swifties were scandalized. Polite society was incensed. Swift herself hasn’t publicly commented on the scandal but it’s easy to imagine she’s probably not thrilled about it.
Now, people are saying that the queen of pop should sue—though it’s not entirely clear who she should sue or what kind of lawsuit it would be. One thing’s for sure: AI companies have been getting sued a lot lately. The New York Times is currently waging a legal battle against OpenAI. It’s not alone, as the company is also being sued by a variety of artists, comedians, and literary figures. If the most popular woman on the planet decides to unleash legal hell (and an army of stans) on the AI industry, it seems that, unlike Congress or the federal bureaucracy, she could have a sizable impact on the trajectory of the technology. Of course, there’s no telling whether that will happen or not.
While the Swift porn was probably the most explosive thing that happened in AI this week, there’s been a lot of other stuff happening too. Here are some of the other things that have been going on lately.
