Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Taylor Swift currently unsearchable on X after deepfake uproar
nme.comTaylor Swift‘s name from being searched after explicit, fake AI-generated images of the singer went viral last week.At the time of publishing (January 29), searching for Swift’s name and “AI Taylor Swift” on X will lead users to a page that reads: “Something went wrong.
Try reloading.” Additionally, a secondary text at the bottom of the page reads: “Something went wrong – but don’t fret. It’s not your fault.”The block is only a temporary measure taken by X, the platform’s head of business operations Joe Benarroch said in a statement per Variety: “This is a temporary action and done with an abundance of caution as we prioritize safety on this issue.”The fake, AI-generated images of Swift had reportedly circulated on X and the messaging platform Telegram last week.
X released a statement, per the BBC, stating: “We have a zero-tolerance policy towards such content. Our teams are actively removing all identified images and taking appropriate actions against the accounts responsible for posting them.”The White House was also made aware of the situation, calling the incident “alarming”.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said via a statement, per the BBC: “We know that lax enforcement disproportionately impacts women and they also impact girls, sadly, who are the overwhelming targets.”Additionally, she suggested that there should be a legislation that handles the misuse of AI on social media, which was backed by US Representative Joe Morelle.
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