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Digital Replicas of Actors: A Story of AI in Hollywood

Hollywood is embroiled in a heated debate over the use of AI-generated digital replicas of actors. With the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) and major studios locked in intense negotiations.

Digital Replicas of Actors: A Story of AI in Hollywood

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has ingrained itself deeply into various industries, including entertainment. Recently, a debate has sparked within Hollywood about AI's role in creating digital replicas of performers, a scenario that echoes the dystopian themes of the anthology television series "Black Mirror." The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) and the major Hollywood studios are currently locked in an intense negotiation regarding the control, use, and consent of these digital doppelgängers.

  • The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has brought forth an unprecedented concern in the film and television industry: the creation and control of digital replicas of performers.
  • This technological advance has
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Deepfake Technology and Child Pornography: A Chilling Combination

The alarming case of deep fake child pornography, its impact on victims & investigations, and the crucial steps needed to combat this threat.

Deepfake Technology and Child Pornography: A Chilling Combination

The Rise of Deepfake Child Pornography

In a groundbreaking case, Steven Larouche from Sherbrooke, Quebec, was sentenced to over three years in prison for using artificial intelligence to produce synthetic videos of child pornography. Larouche pleaded guilty to creating at least seven videos using deepfake technology, which enables the superimposition of an individual's face onto another person's body. Additionally, he was sentenced to four and a half years for possessing hundreds of thousands of computer files containing child pornography.

Provincial court judge Benoit Gagnon, in his ruling, expressed concern about the implications of deepfake technology in criminal hands. He highlighted

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