WEB DESK: From the United States to Italy, Britain, and Pakistan, female politicians are increasingly becoming victims of AI-generated deep fake or sexualized images, in a troubling trend that researchers say threatens women’s participation in public life.
An online boom in non-consensual deep fakes is outpacing efforts to regulate the technology globally, experts say, with a proliferation of cheap artificial intelligence tools including photo apps digitally undressing women.
The intimate imagery is often weaponized to tarnish the reputation of women in the public sphere, jeopardizing their careers, undermining public trust, and threatening national security by creating conditions for blackmail or harassment, researchers say.
