The news hit like a punch to the gut fake nude images of celebrities were everywhere this was a crisis gripping schools and headlines the internet was a wild west and the harm was undeniably real even iconic figures like Taylor Swift were not safe from this AI generated menace an innocent face transformed into something vile the deepfake industry operated in plain sight Microsoft's CEO even weighed in on the rampant deepfakes it was a pervert's dilemma a new kind of harm women worldwide were at risk from this rising tide of AI abuse some tried to dismiss it as doomsaying but for those impacted the threat was very real the conversation extended to parliaments and official debates the rise of AI made it thrive even more young people were particularly vulnerable to deepfake nudes new laws were being enacted to criminalize this abhorrent act and fans took action after explicit AI images circulated the battle against deepfake porn had just begun Natasha Lyonne's Russian Doll reminded us that some things we can't escape while Lisa Yuskavage's Bodies of Work questioned authenticity the conversation around fake nude photos continued to evolve