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Women face new sexual harassment with deepfake pornography

Season 2023 Episode 178 | 8m 30s

For years, women have faced sexual harassment online and with the rise of artificial intelligence, it’s only getting worse. Deepfakes use AI to create manipulated but realistic images and videos of real people in fake situations and are routinely used against women. A study shows 96 percent of deepfake videos were non-consensual pornography. Laura Barrón-López discussed this with Nina Jankowicz.

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