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Galway native Grainne Seoige tells Oireachtas committee deepfakes retraumatise you every day

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Galway native Grainne Seoige tells Oireachtas committee deepfakes retraumatise you every day

We're so far behind on tackling the use of AI to make explicit deepfake content, it's like chasing a Formula One car in a tricycle.

That's the opinion of Gráinne Seoige, who spoke before an Oireachtas Committee this afternoon on her experience of having deepfakes of her shared online.

She discovered sexualised, AI-generated images of her were widely circulating on messaging platforms, as she was contesting the November 2024 general election.

It comes as the EU is considering a total ban on so-called 'Nudification' apps, after major controversy over the use of Grok on social platform X to undress people.

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Speaking at this afternoon's committee, Gráinne Seoige said we're incredibly far behind - but there are some good examples we could follow.

Galway native Grainne Seoige tells Oireachtas committee deepfakes retraumatise you every day

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