第2092期:X Blocks Taylor Swift Search after ‘Deepfake’ Image Spread

The social media site X has blocked some searches for Taylor Swift in reaction to an online spread of pornographic deepfake images of the singer.

社交媒体网站 X 屏蔽了泰勒·斯威夫特 (Taylor Swift) 的一些搜索，以应对网上传播泰勒·斯威夫特 (Taylor Swift) 的色情深度伪造图片的情况。

A “deepfake” is an image, sound recording, or video created to make it appear that people in it are saying or doing things that they did not say or do.

“深度伪造”是一种图像、录音或视频，其目的是让其中的人看起来在说或做他们没有说过或做过的事情。

Attempts to search for her name without quotation marks on the site Monday resulted in a failuremessage. It asked users to retry their search. “Don’t fret — it’s not your fault,” also appeared.

周一试图在网站上搜索不带引号的她的名字，结果出现一条失败消息。 它要求用户重试搜索。 “别担心——这不是你的错，”还出现了。

However, putting quotation marks around her name permitted posts to show where her name appeared.

然而，在她的名字两边加上引号可以让帖子显示她的名字出现的位置。

The images of Swift began spreading widely on X last week. She is now the most famous victim of a danger that technology companies and anti-abuse groups have struggled to fix.

斯威夫特的图片上周开始在 X 上广泛传播。 她现在是科技公司和反滥用组织一直在努力解决的危险中最著名的受害者。

“This is a temporary action and done with an abundance of caution as we prioritize safety on this issue,” Joe Benarroch, head of business operations at X, said in a statement.

X 业务运营主管 Joe Benarroch 在一份声明中表示：“这是一项临时行动，我们会非常谨慎地采取行动，因为我们在这个问题上优先考虑安全。”

After the images began spreading, the singer’s loyal fan base, called “Swifties,” quickly came to her defense. They launched a protective movement and flooded the site with more positive images of the singer. They used the hashtag #ProtectTaylorSwift on their posts. Some said they were reporting accounts that were sharing the deepfakes.

这些照片开始传播后，这位歌手的忠实粉丝群“Swifties”很快就为她辩护。 他们发起了一场保护运动，并在网站上发布了更多这位歌手的正面图片。 他们在帖子上使用了#ProtectTaylorSwift 标签。 一些人表示，他们正在举报分享深度假货的账户。

The deepfake-search group Reality Defender said it followed many posts of pornographic material of Swift. Many of the posts were found on X, formerly known as Twitter. Some images also made their way to Facebook and other social media sites.

深度造假搜索组织 Reality Defender 表示，它关注了斯威夫特的许多色情材料帖子。 许多帖子都是在 X（以前称为 Twitter）上找到的。 一些图片还出现在 Facebook 和其他社交媒体网站上。

The researchers found at least 20 different images created by artificial intelligence (AI).

研究人员发现了至少 20 张由人工智能 (AI) 创建的不同图像。

Researchers have said the number of pornographic deepfakes has grown in the past few years. The increase continues as the technology used to produce such images has become more available and easier to use.

研究人员表示，过去几年，色情深度伪造的数量有所增加。 随着用于生成此类图像的技术变得更加可用且更易于使用，这种增长仍在继续。

In 2019, a report released by the AI company DeepTrace Labs showed these images were mainly weaponized against women. Most of the victims, it said, were Hollywood actors and South Korean singers.

2019年，人工智能公司DeepTrace Labs发布的一份报告显示，这些图像主要针对女性。 据称，大多数受害者是好莱坞演员和韩国歌手。