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South Korea is facing a deepfake porn crisis

South Korea has been rocked by a wave of sexually explicit deepfake images being created and shared online, indiscriminately targeting women and girls using their school photos, social media selfies and even military headshots.

South Korea has been rocked by a wave of sexually explicit deepfake images being created and shared online, indiscriminately targeting women and girls using their school photos, social media selfies and even military headshots. A Telegram channel with more than 220,000 participants was generated by artificial intelligence (AI), serving as a global reminder of the darker consequences from the widespread rush for this technology.