6 celebrities hitting back at AI companies: from Taylor Swifts furious reaction to her expl
And women in the entertainment industry have had it even worse: most recently, explicit, computer-generated images of Taylor Swift went viral before platforms like X and Instagram could take them down.
So which famous faces are standing up to the AI companies? Here’s a rundown of six of them.
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1. Scarlett Johansson
In November last year, the Avengers: Endgame actress sued the company Lisa AI after it created a promotional video using her likeness and voice without her permission. Seemingly speaking from the set of Marvel’s Black Widow, Johansson is shown explaining the benefits of the company’s avatar app.“We do not take these things lightly,” her lawyer told Variety. “Per our usual course of action … we will deal with it with all legal remedies that we will have.” The ad has since been removed.
2. Sarah Silverman
In July last year, the Maestro actress and comedian brought a class-action lawsuit against OpenAI, according to The New York Times. The lawsuit claimed the companies “copied and ingested” her work in order to train their AI programmes. Unfortunately for the star, however, her claims were partially thrown out by a judge on February 13.3. Tom Hanks
In October last year, a video appeared online purporting to show Elvis actor Tom Hanks promoting a dental plan. He took matters into his own hands by jumping on his Insta account to let people know the truth – that it was in fact an AI avatar and that he had “nothing to do with it”.
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4. George R.R. Martin
The author behind HBO mega hit Game of Thrones is one of 17 writers attempting to sue OpenAI for using their books to train its ChatGPT programme.
The lawsuit says that ChatGPT has been prompted to create a “detailed outline for a prequel book to A Game of Thrones … using the same characters from Martin’s existing books in the series”, according to The Register.
Per Variety, the authors are seeking financial damages to the tune of US$150,000 per infringed work.
5. George Carlin’s estate
US actor and comedian George Carlin is best known for his stand-up and for lending his voice to characters in Disney’s Cars and Thomas & Friends, among others. On January 9, he appeared to release a new stand-up special on YouTube. The only problem? He died in 2008.Now his estate is suing the AI video’s creator, Dudesy, per The Guardian. The actor’s daughter Kelly called the special “a poorly executed facsimile” attempting to “capitalise on the extraordinary goodwill my father established with his adoring fan base”.
6. Taylor Swift
When Taylor Swift was gearing up to watch her boyfriend Travis Kelce in the Super Bowl at the beginning of the year, she was already the talk of the town. Then an anonymous user dropped sexually explicit deepfakes of the singer onto X (formerly Twitter) and the internet went crazy, viewing them 45 million times before they were taken down, per The Verge.According to British media, a source close to the singer said she was “furious” and considering legal action, though it’s not yet clear who against.
“These fake AI-generated images are abusive, offensive, exploitative and done without Taylor’s consent and/or knowledge,” the source said. “The door needs to be shut on this.”
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