In this TED Talk, politician Cara Hunter shares her harrowing experience of being targeted by a deepfake video that portrayed her in a pornographic context. This personal and damaging incident underscores the alarming potential of AI-generated content to be weaponized against individuals, especially women in politics, threatening their reputations and the integrity of democratic processes. Hunter calls for immediate ethical guidelines and regulations on AI to prevent such abuses and ensure that this technology serves humanity positively, rather than causing harm.
