Explicit deepfake imagery is one of the most real and tangible threats facing society today, much more so than disinformation related to deepfakes, yet our industry’s discussions tend to focus on th...
Michael Safi
Michael Safi is a Guardian journalist and host of Black Box, a Guardian podcast series about artificial intelligence. He is part of an ongoing investigation into ClothOff, a leading sexually explicit AI deepfake app, that has revealed the identities of several people connected to the site. He is also the host of Today in Focus, the Guardian’s daily news podcast and was a foreign correspondent in south Asia and the Middle East.
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