Toxic Telegram group produced X’s X-rated fake AI Taylor Swift images, report says

Fake AI images sexualizing Taylor Swift spread to X, formerly known as Twitter, from a Telegram group dedicated to sharing "abusive images of women," 404 Media reported.

These images began circulating online this week, quickly sparking mass outrage that may finally force a mainstream reckoning with harms caused by the spread of non-consensual deepfake pornography.

At least one member of the Telegram group claimed to be the source of some of the Swift images, posting in the channel that they didn't know if they "should feel flattered or upset that some of these Twitter stolen pics are my gen."

While it's still unknown how many AI tools were used to generate the flood of harmful images, 404 Media confirmed that some members of the Telegram group used Microsoft's free text-to-image AI generator, Designer.