Soon after pop star
Taylor Swift
’s
AI-generated explicit images
grabbed millions of views on its
platform
,
X
(formerly Twitter) moved to suspend all searches with keywords like “Taylor Swift” or “Taylor Swift AI” on the platform. Now the
search
has been re-enabled, a company spokesperson told the media.
"Search has been re-enabled and we will continue to be vigilant for any attempt to spread this content and will remove it if we find it,” The Wall Street Journal quoted Joe Benarroch, head of business operations at X, as saying.
The Times of India-Gadgets Now team can confirm that X is returning results for multiple terms related to Taylor Swift.
Why X blocked Taylor Swift-related search
As a response to Taylor Swift’s AI-generated explicit images making rounds on the platform, the Elon Musk-owned company blocked searches for some prompts related to ‘Taylor Swift’.
While words like “Taylor Swift” did not return any results, a tweaked prompt returned several images, which included a mix of originally captured photos and some AI-generated photos which were not explicit.
Microsoft makes changes to AI tool
Meanwhile, Microsoft has reportedly made changes to an AI tool that people use to create explicit images of celebrities. It was reported that a Microsoft Designer image generator was used to make Swift’s explicit images and the company CEO Satya Nadella termed the incident “alarming and terrible.” He added that a lot has to be done on this front.
“I would say two things: One, is again I go back to what I think is our responsibility, which is all of the guardrails that we need to place around the technology so that there’s more safe content that’s being produced. And there’s a lot to be done and a lot being done there. But it is about global, societal — you know, I’ll say, convergence on certain norms,” Nadella added.
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