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Scarlett Johansson is calling on the U.S. to outlaw misuse of AI after a deepfake video of her and other Jewish celebrities giving Kanye West, who is now officially known as Ye, a middle finger went viral on Instagram.
The big picture: Johansson has been a critic of AI in recent years, suing an AI app developer for using her name and likeness in an ad and protesting OpenAI's use of a voice that many felt sounded like hers in the movie "Her."
Driving the news: The video starts with an AI-generated version of Johansson wearing a white T-shirt featuring a sketch of a hand bearing the Star of David and displaying the middle finger, with the name "Kanye" written underneath.
- The video then shows other celebrities wearing the same shirt, including Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerberg.
- Instagram has labeled the video, which has nearly 30,000 likes, as content that "was digitally created or altered with AI to seem real."
Zoom in: Ye over the weekend went on an antisemitic posting spree in which he said that he was a "Nazi" and that he loved Hitler.
- He appears to have deleted his X account after posting, "I appreciate Elon for allowing me to vent" and that "it has been very cathartic to use the world as a sounding board."
What they're saying: "I have unfortunately been a very public victim of AI, but the truth is that the threat of AI affects each and every one of us," Johansson told People in a statement.
- "There is a 1000-foot wave coming regarding AI that several progressive countries, not including the United States, have responded to in a responsible manner." she said.
- "It is terrifying that the U.S. government is paralyzed when it comes to passing legislation that protects all of its citizens against the imminent dangers of AI," she added.