Taylor Swift Images Removed from Twitter After AI-Generated Explicit Photos Circulate
• Searches for Taylor Swift on Twitter showed an error message after AI-generated explicit images of her circulated online
• The images were viewed tens of millions of times before being removed from platforms like Twitter
• Twitter's policies ban sharing synthetic, manipulated media that could deceive or confuse people
• AI software has enabled creation of realistic fake explicit images, raising concerns ahead of the 2020 election
• 9 US states currently have laws against nonconsensual deepfake photography, but it's an ongoing challenge for platforms