Lawyer Explains If Taylor Swift Can Win Legal Case With AI Images

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00:00 All right, moving on to Taylor Swift.

00:02 So graphic AI images of Taylor went viral

00:06 on the social media platform X,

00:09 and users are being met with an error message

00:10 upon searching her name.

00:11 That has now been rectified

00:12 and people can search her name now,

00:14 but the White House also spoke out after the scandal

00:17 calling for legislation to protect victims

00:19 of online harassment.

00:20 White House Press Secretary, Corrine Jean-Pierre,

00:22 said the incident was alarming

00:24 and that the Biden administration is focusing

00:26 on the negatives of AI.

00:28 SAG-AFTRA also released a statement on the situation

00:31 writing, "The development and dissemination of fake images,

00:34 "especially those of lewd nature,

00:36 "without someone's consent, must be made illegal.

00:38 "As a society, we have it in our power

00:40 "to control these technologies,

00:42 "but we must act now before it is too late."

00:45 So, I mean, it's probably a question

00:47 that a lot of tech companies are asking.

00:48 How can these images be stopped

00:50 and can Taylor take any sort of legal action

00:53 and who would she target?

00:54 - Christina, this is another area of the law

00:57 where really technology has outpaced the law

01:00 and it's really state-specific.

01:02 Unfortunately, there is no federal law

01:04 that prohibits these types of images.

01:06 And there's only a small handful of states

01:09 that do prohibit it.

01:10 Tennessee, where Taylor Swift lives,

01:12 I don't believe has a law prohibiting these types of fake

01:15 or AI-generated pornographic images.

01:18 But California, where I live, does.

01:21 And you can sue if it's malicious

01:24 and get up to $150,000 for each violation.

01:29 So, it really depends on the state

01:32 and hopefully other states follow suit,

01:33 but there's really only a minority of them right now

01:36 that are taking up this issue.

01:39 But we know that Swifties have a lot of power,

01:41 just like Britney Spears

01:42 helped change some conservatorship laws.

01:44 So hopefully, Taylor Swift,

01:46 even though this is something that is terrible,

01:49 does be an impetus for some legislative change

01:54 because it really needs to happen.

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