Actor Jacob Elordi has become the latest victim of an explicit deepfake video scandal. Earlier deepfake videos of celebrities like Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Megan Thee Stallion have gone viral. However, Elordi’s incident becomes even more concerning as it reportedly involves a minor.
On Tuesday, multiple posts featuring an X rated video with Elordi’s face superimposed over another person’s body went viral. The disturbing video received millions of views before being taken down. The post circulating on X featured ‘Euphoria’ actor’s face superimposed over a person engaged in a sexual act.
Later, the actual person in the video also spoke out and revealed that he was only 17 when the video was filmed. The 19-year-old OnlyFans model called it ‘creepy’ and hit out at the people responsible for the deepfake video. He claimed that it is him from his younger days and demanded the video be taken down. “That’s literally my video,” wrote the model in his post.
The viral post was later removed by X with a message, ‘This post violated X’s rules.’ While the video received over 3 million views, social media users expressed concerns over the misuse of AI.
This is not an isolated incident using deepfake technology. Several celebrities have fallen prey to the menace recently. Earlier this year in January, Taylor Swif’s deepfake images went viral on social media.
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