Deepfake Video of Podcaster Spreads Rapidly Before Removal from Social Media Site
• Fake sexually explicit video of podcaster Bobbi Althoff spreads rapidly on social media site X • Video is a deepfake - AI-manipulated media with Althoff's face edited onto someone else's nude body • Deepfakes violate X's policy against nonconsensual nude images, but posts stay up for over 24 hours • Over 40 posts with the video or links amass 6.5 million views in under 24 hours • Inauthentic activity seen around posts, with identical captions fishing for engagement and mentions of "leaks"