Revealing the secrets behind the scenes, thinking carefully is extremely terrifying! Over a hundred pornographic videos featuring celebrities and internet celebrities changing faces are sold for only a few tens of yuan. Photos | Videos | Pornography
On July 3rd, Chen Lan, a popular female anchor with over 6.7 million fans, posted a video claiming that she had been subjected to malicious Photos and AI face swapping. The photos were turned into pornographic photos and videos, and were publicly sold online.
Chen Lan said that she originally wanted to gather relevant evidence and identify the root cause, but didn't want to be too public. However, as more and more people spread rumors in the comment section, she planned to report to the police.
Recently, a journalist investigation found that many accounts sell pornographic photos and videos of celebrities and internet celebrities changing faces on social media platforms, with over a hundred videos priced at only a few tens of yuan. There are two main modes for sellers to sell pornographic materials for changing faces: one is to use public photos of celebrities to "undress"; Another approach is to replace the faces of celebrities with pornographic images and videos. On multiple e-commerce platforms, many merchants sell AI drawing software online and claim that such software can provide the "undress" function, with a price of only a dozen yuan.
In fact, "AI face swapping" can not only create pornographic photos and videos, but may also be used for fraud. On June 25th, the Legal Work Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress held a press conference, and spokesperson Zang Tiewei stated that using "AI face swapping" technology to commit fraud is a new type of telecommunications network fraud, which requires the general public to improve their awareness of fraud prevention, as well as relevant departments to strengthen governance and law enforcement in accordance with the law, and hold relevant personnel legally responsible.
A pornographic video of changing faces
Being publicly sold
In addition to female anchor Chen Lan, internet celebrity female anchor Du Yue, who has over 4 million fans, has also encountered a similar situation.
According to Du Yue, six months ago, many fans left comments in the comment section of her short videos, saying that they had all watched Du Yue's "pornographic videos.".
"At that time, I didn't think much about it. I thought the Qing Dynasty would clear itself, after all, this' rumor 'will always pass." Du Yue said that it wasn't until one of her friends transferred a pornographic video and the female protagonist was her own appearance that she realized she had encountered a malicious' face change'.
Du Yue said that in order to prove her innocence, she started collecting relevant evidence and wanted to find the root cause. "In the end, I found out that someone had registered an account using their identity on overseas social media platforms, and then 'moved' it to domestic video platforms to publish. After the account had a certain number of fans, they began selling pornographic videos after changing faces."
A price list provided by Du Yue shows that it involves hundreds of internet celebrities, and is also differentiated according to the number of fans, ranging from less than 500000 to more than 10 million, with corresponding face changing pornographic videos priced between 30 yuan and 50 yuan. In addition, there are numerous female celebrities in the table. The publisher of the form stated, "You can join the group for 200 yuan, and after joining, you can customize it privately at half price permanently."
A journalist's investigation found that on some social media platforms, many accounts claim to be able to sell face changing pornographic materials of internet celebrities and celebrities, and use this method to attract traffic to QQ for transactions.
According to the clues provided by Du Yue, the reporter added a seller's QQ friend, who directly sent a screenshot with dozens of pornographic images of female celebrities posted on it.
The seller claimed to have over 80 celebrities and over 15000 pictures. If purchased in full, the price is only 60 yuan, and 23 videos are also included as a gift. Afterwards, you can also enjoy a free update. The seller also stated that if purchasing a single celebrity's face changing picture, a fee will be charged based on the number of photos, and for 5 yuan, 300 photos can be purchased.
A seller claims that they can purchase face changing pornographic materials from multiple celebrities for 60 yuan
In addition, some sellers have stated that according to the buyer's needs, they can specifically produce pornographic materials for specific celebrities and internet celebrities.
After paying 60 yuan, a seller sent dozens of compressed packages, all named after celebrities. The reporter found that the seller's face changing pornographic materials are mainly divided into two modes: one is to use public photos of celebrities to "undress", and the other is to replace the faces of these celebrities with pornographic images and videos.
Zhang Qihuai, the director of Beijing Lanpeng Law Firm, has represented multiple cases related to AI face changing. In his view, "AI face swapping" should have been a good technique to help with appropriate repairs in advertising, movies, art, and other areas. However, now many people are using this technology for illegal profits.
Zhang Qihuai stated that using someone else's portrait to change faces is suspected of infringing on the portrait, reputation, honor, and personality rights of the parties involved. If the person's face is made into a pornographic video and sold, it may constitute a criminal offense.
"AI drawing software"
It only costs 16.66 yuan
Monthly sales exceeding 200
Recently, reporters searched for the keyword "AI face changing" on multiple e-commerce platforms, but none of them were able to display it. However, when reporters search for keywords such as "intelligent synthesis, celebrities," "human face model training," and "clothing removal AI," they can still find products for sale.
The product page of an "AI drawing software" clearly states that "the software can achieve the function of converting real people to cartoons, changing heads, and changing clothes.". This software is priced at only 16.66 yuan and has a monthly sales volume of over 200.
"Can it truly 'undress'?" Someone raised a question in the store's comment section, and many people replied that it is possible. In addition, some people also asked if it is possible to produce pornographic images, and some replied, "Just purchase the software to enter the buyer communication group, and it has all kinds of functions."
In the Q&A section of an AI drawing software, someone replied that the software does have a "undress" function.
After entering the "buyer communication group", the number of members quickly increased from 40 to 150 in just two days. Most members exchanged information on how to use the software in the group and occasionally shared their "works".
A member is asking in the group if anyone is willing to take the order and create a "customized image". "Isn't this thing illegal?" Someone asked in the group, and the other person said, "Wealth and fortune are in danger.".
In addition to selling drawing software, there are also merchants offering "real person model training", which is produced using real person photos or videos. After the training is completed, the corresponding photos and videos can be directly generated using the model to achieve a face changing effect.
A merchant providing proxy training services told reporters that only 20 to 30 photos need to be provided, with facial closeups as much as possible. The training can be completed in just over 2 hours. Then, the buyer imports the data into a certain software to generate the desired materials.
The merchant sent a rendering to the reporter, which was produced using a real photo of a domestic model. After changing the face, the similarity between the face and a domestic celebrity is extremely high.
The above-mentioned merchants stated that after the model training is completed, buyers can generate various photos according to their own needs, including "undressing" materials, but the cloud prohibits "undressing" operations and requires them to operate on their own computer.
Revealing the "AI face changing" scam
Behind the sale of "crime tools" by merchants, there are also people who use "AI face swapping" technology to commit fraud.
Zhang Qihuai told reporters that he has represented multiple cross-border extortion cases in northern Myanmar. The suspect in this case used the "AI face changing" technology to disguise himself as a woman and induce the victim to "talk naked" with him. Subsequently, the video recordings of both parties were used as evidence to extort the victim.
Recently, China Galaxy Securities announced that fraud using "AI synthesis technology" may gradually affect the securities industry. According to the announcement, a well-known economist claimed that he was being used by someone to use technologies such as "AI face swapping" to contact investors through video, voice, and other means, in order to gain their trust and carry out stock recommendation activities.
Previously, multiple police reported fraud cases related to "AI face changing". On May 20th, the police in Baotou City released a telecommunications fraud case involving the use of AI face swapping. Mr. Guo, the party involved, suddenly received a WeChat video from a friend who told him that he had a friend who was bidding in another city and needed a deposit of 4.3 million yuan. He wanted to borrow Mr. Guo's company account to transfer the funds. Mr. Guo felt that he had watched videos with his friends and confirmed that it was him, so he didn't think much and transferred the money directly to the corresponding account. Within ten minutes, Mr. Guo was scammed out of 4.3 million yuan due to a video call.
In February 2022, Mr. Chen reported that he had been scammed nearly 50000 yuan by his "friend". After verification by the police, the fraudsters used a video posted by Mr. Chen's friend "Acheng" on social media, intercepted his facial video footage, and then synthesized it using "AI face swapping" technology, creating the illusion of a video chat between Mr. Chen and his "friend" to gain their trust and thus commit fraud.
The legislative body is establishing and improving
Related legal systems
With the development of artificial intelligence, the threshold for "AI face changing" technology is gradually lowering, and the application scenarios are becoming more and more diverse. While meeting people's needs for curiosity, beauty, social interaction, etc., some criminals break through the moral bottom line and legal red line in order to make profits.
In order to curb the chaos of "AI face changing", Article 17 of the Administrative Provisions on the Deep Synthesis of Internet Information Services jointly issued by the State Internet Information Office, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Public Security on November 25, 2022 requires that deep synthesis service providers who provide deep synthesis services such as intelligent dialogue, synthetic voice, face generation, face replacement, which may lead to public confusion or misunderstanding, should prominently mark the reasonable location and area of the generated or edited information content to remind the public of the deep synthesis.
Zhang Qihuai stated that many criminals are now using "AI face swapping" technology to commit crimes. Due to legislation always lagging behind social phenomena, it is difficult for everyone to master legal standards in judicial practice for such cases. Therefore, it is necessary to improve relevant legislation as soon as possible.
Zhang Qihuai stated that in response to the "AI face changing" technology, it is necessary to strengthen technical supervision and identification, and enhance the popularization of related technologies. If encountering similar situations of infringement, it is necessary to report or sue in a timely manner when possible, and not allow such phenomena to occur due to fear of trouble.
Zang Tiewei stated that currently, the Central Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Public Security are carrying out the "National Anti Fraud Action" concentrated publicity month nationwide, which will further implement the Anti Telecom Network Fraud Law, continuously enhance the public's awareness of fraud prevention, and effectively create a strong anti fraud atmosphere in the whole society. The legislative body is also strengthening research on legal issues in fields such as artificial intelligence and continuously establishing and improving relevant legal systems.
Zhu Wei, Deputy Director of the Communication Law Research Center at China University of Political Science and Law, stated that the regulatory focus on AI technology is primarily on the responsibility of content producers for the results. Secondly, it is necessary to inform users during the use of AI technology. If someone experiences malicious face changing behavior from others, even if the malicious face changing person has not been found yet, the platform that provides the face changing technology also needs to take responsibility, because the platform itself has the responsibility and obligation to regulate what materials users use.
