Microsoft CEO responds to AI-made Taylor Swift fake nude images

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella responded to the viral Taylor Swift nude deepfakes in an interview Friday with Lester Holt.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Friday that the company has to "move fast" on combatting nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfake images, after AI-generated fake nude pictures of Taylor Swift went viral this week.

In an exclusive interview with NBC News' Lester Holt, Nadella commented on the "alarming and terrible" deepfake images of Swift posted on X that by Thursday had been viewed more than 27 million times. The account that posted them was suspended after it was mass-reported by fans of Swift.

"Yes, we have to act," Nadella said in response to a question about the deepfakes of Swift. "I think we all benefit when the online world is a safe world. And so I don’t think anyone would want an online world that is completely not safe for both content creators and content consumers. So therefore, I think it behooves us to move fast on this."

Read more on this story at NBCNews.com and watch “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt” tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. CT.

X didn't respond to an NBC News request for comment about the deepfake images of Swift, while the singer's representative declined to comment on the record.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/taylor-swift-nude-deepfake-ai-photos-images-rcna135913

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