Kristen Bell and other women fell victim to non-consensual deepfake pornography where AI technology was used to superimpose their faces onto pornographic videos without their consent.
The incident involves the creation of deepfake pornographic videos using AI technology that non-consensually imposed the faces of women, including actress Kristen Bell, onto the bodies of pornographic performers. Bell discovered she was a victim when her husband Dax Shepard was informed by actor Ashton Kutcher about the existence of these videos. According to research group Deeptrace, 96 percent of deepfakes found online are pornographic, with virtually all targeting women without their consent. The technology allows creators to take facial features and animate them with someone else's expressions, giving them control over the victim's likeness for purposes the person never consented to. Bell described feeling 'exploited' and 'shocked' by the violation. The incident also affected other individuals including Noelle Martin, a law graduate in Perth, Australia, who discovered photos from her social media had been used to create both photoshopped nude images and deepfake videos. Major platforms including Pornhub, Twitter, and Reddit have banned the uploading of celebrity deepfakes, but the technology continues to be misused for creating non-consensual sexual content.
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Using AI systems to gain a personal advantage over others such as through cheating, fraud, scams, blackmail or targeted manipulation of beliefs or behavior. Examples include AI-facilitated plagiarism for research or education, impersonating a trusted or fake individual for illegitimate financial benefit, or creating humiliating or sexual imagery.
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