"AI porn is what happens when technology liberates misogyny from social constraints. March 2026 issue, with the headline "The Deepfake Danger."In the day or two between my editor suggesting that I write about AI deepfake porn and my replying, "Great idea, what's a deepfake?," it seemed like everyone from The Economist to The Dallas Morning News was publishing an article about artificial intelligence being used to sexualize people in photos without their permission."
"Deepfakes were first reported in 2017 and have been in the news ever since. In 2024, deepfakes of Taylor Swift were posted on X and viewed over 47 million times, prompting outrage and talk of legal recourse. Grok, the platform's AI function, has allowed users to undress people, including children, and bend them into whatever porny positions the user requests. Grok has stripped children and covered them in semen-um, "donut glaze.""
"Why would that bother anyone, you ask? Elon Musk answered on X the other day, "They hate free speech." Well, obviously. Legislators have made some attempts to curb the creation of deepfakes. In April, Congress passed the Take It Down Act, which makes it a crime to create or distribute intimate images, real or deepfake, without the subject's consent. And X claims it has fixed the problem."
Deepfake sexual images have circulated since 2017 and continue to proliferate across platforms. In 2024, manipulated videos of a major celebrity amassed over 47 million views, illustrating the scale of dissemination. Certain AI chat-and-image tools have generated explicit alterations, including sexualized images of adults and children. Lawmakers enacted the Take It Down Act criminalizing creation or distribution of intimate images without consent. Platforms like X claim to have addressed the problem, yet enforcement gaps persist. One interaction with a generative AI showed inconsistent behavior: refusing explicit nudity for the user but producing bikini images and sexualized depictions of public figures. The persistence of deepfake porn highlights technological and regulatory challenges.
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