South Africa is about to become the latest of a small number of countries to introduce a law against ‘deepfake porn’. The Cybercrimes Bill is directed against revenge porn and, under that banner, covers photo shopped images and specifically deepfake porn. The bill is apparently ‘just one swish of a presidential pen away from becoming… Read More »
Interesting article appeared on The Observer yesterday on ‘Sex Robots, Teledildonics, and the Rise of Technosexuals During Lockdown‘. I’d recommend you read it, but here are a couple of thoughts of my own on the subject. As somebody who markets both sex toys and VR porn (as well as 4K porn etc.), I can vouch… Read More »
According to a report in the Korea JoongAng Daily, South Korea is set to become the first country in the world to turn ‘deepfake porn’ into a sexual offence. Although a number of American States have introduced legislation already, and China has passed a law against the technology, South Korea is believed to be the… Read More »
Just when Japanese holo AI assistant makers Gatebox appear to be disappointing us in our lockdowned hours of need and aspiration, a Florida based startup has launched with the intention of creating something even more ambitious. Nothing less than your ultimate holographic AI lover. Named Hybri, it differs from the Gatebox holo girl AI assistant… Read More »
Any future tech sex blogger with a brain cell knows that the spheres of ‘deep fake porn’, ultra-life like sex dolls and robots, virtual/augmented (XR) porn, and AI and facial recognition, are all coming together to create a perfect storm of ethical and legal conundrums. Enough to scramble the brains of any legislator, well-meaning or… Read More »
I’ve showcased the software program for creating 3D animations ‘Virt-A-Mate‘ a number of times on this site. Anyone who uses it or keeps track of its regular upgrades and additions (users can create ‘modules’ – such as for creating realistic looking hair – that other users can then utilize in their scenes) must realize that… Read More »
Kate Devlin is an academic who is surprisingly balanced in her view of sex robots and future sex tech in general. She has actually published a very good article titled – ‘In Defence of Sex Robots‘. Here she takes part in a 45 minute podcast with YouTuber Ben Byford whose channel is focused on ‘machine… Read More »
As AI ‘Deep Fake’ technology grows, a smartphone app called ‘DeepNude‘ that allowed users to upload any picture of a clothed woman and turn it into a realistic nude, has been pulled by its creator after media outrage. Deep Fake technology uses machine algorithms to create fake visual images. It attracted attention last year with… Read More »
AI made fake faces are becoming ever more realistic, a fact showcased by a popular new online site which challenges you spot the real face amongst the machine algorithm made imposters – Which Face Is Real? Half-a-million people have so far played the game and the average success rate for beginners is just 60% rising… Read More »
Everybody knows that the adult biz has been struggling for years in the age of torrents and tube sites. Those who still make a living promoting porn are always looking, and hoping, for ‘the next big thing’ to happen that will save the industry. A decade ago and many of us anticipated that it would… Read More »
I’m a firm believer in digital as the future of both VR and AR porn. Or, at least, a combination of digital and real life (such as digitized porn actresses, as well as A.I. and deepfake type tech). For that reason I’m taking a keen interest in VirtAMate, which is a software package that allows… Read More »
3D scanning for avatar generation is coming along very fast, with Sony’s ‘3D Creator’ App for its Xperia phone leading the way. A YouTube demo was uploaded last week in which the channel ‘Mixed Reality TV’ talked to an artist from ‘Somnium Space‘ that utilizes the app and which appears to be making a bid… Read More »
One of the leading Chinese sex doll companies (DS Dolls), which is already making ‘smart sex dolls’, has announced its intention to 3D print sex doll/robot replicas of any woman. This is something I’ve been predicting here for a while. With 3D scanning technology exploding, it was/is only a matter of time before ‘realistic sex… Read More »
It’s now something of a truism, and one of the guiding philosophies of this site, that sex and porn play a leading role in driving technology forward. But do they also determine the path of legislation too? In an interesting article published this week, Darrell M. West – the author of ‘The Future of Work:… Read More »
A British academic has called for deepfake porn to be criminalized. The British parliament is in the process of ‘closing a loophole’ which allowed upskirt photos to be legal. A so called ‘academic expert’ on the regulation of Internet porn has demanded that politicians seize the opportunity to ‘futureproof’ sex tech legislation by criminalizing the… Read More »
As the ‘face swapping’ technology behind deepfakes continues to rapidly improve, it seems as though the media moral panic over the use of it in fake porn is being renewed. Two major media reports this week asked – ‘Are deepfakes the new revenge porn?’. Feminist minded culture magazine VOX published an interesting if very one-sided… Read More »
Realtime tracking for digital avatars has come along fast in the last year, being showcased for ARKit and the latest iPhone. But now it seems games creators using the Unreal Engine have shown how close we are to having completely realistic digital avatars that can copy our own facial expressions and body movements in real… Read More »
A major backlash against the AI generated celebrity fake porn termed ‘deepfakes’ is now well underway, with the major hub of the community on Reddit now banned, as well as all deepfake porn on Twitter. The argument against deepfake porn is mainly that it is non-consensual; ‘digital rape’ as some extreme feminists have termed it.… Read More »