This is one hell of an HR violation…
Twitch streamer Atrioc, whose actual identify is Brandon Ewing, was caught reside on stream utilizing deepfake porn of different streamers! Yeah, WTF?
On Monday a clip from certainly one of Ewing’s gaming streams surfaced displaying he had left a tab open on his desktop with some very NSFW photographs on the forefront of the web page. This wouldn’t be the primary time a streamer had unintentionally (or not-so-accidentally) proven porn on livestream. Twitch is normally very quick at catching these items, briefly banning streamers who break their phrases of service by displaying one thing inappropriate, however the few seconds of the AI-created nudes seemingly weren’t caught by the corporate — however eagle-eyed viewers knew what they noticed…
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Upon nearer inspection, the whole lot received extra disturbing. The photographs have been reportedly manipulations of the 31-year-old’s fellow streamers Pokimane and Maya Higa. It was additionally found that QTCinderella‘s likeness was on the site as well, among others. So he had been not only looking at, but allegedly paying for, deepfake porn. To make it even worse, these women aren’t simply his colleagues, they’re apparently his good pals!
Later within the day, the Twitch star went reside on stream together with his spouse Arianna Ewing to deal with the state of affairs. His excuse? He’s simply received a really deep curiosity in AI artwork.
Uh huh…
There are methods to look into synthetic intelligence with out taking a look at non-consensual porn of your pals, you understand…
During the stream, he apologized for his “morbid curiosity”:
“This is so embarrassing, but I was on a regular website, and there was an ad on every video … and then I click it, and then I’m in this rabbit hole. I got morbidly curious and I clicked something. It’s gross and I’m sorry. It’s so embarrassing. There is no excuse for it. I’m not defending it in any way, I think this whole category of stuff is wrong”
He claimed it wasn’t a “pattern of behavior” — however nonetheless admitted to paying for entry to the positioning. How straightforward it might’ve been for him to not try this?! See a few of his apology (under):
Why does his spouse have to take a seat by his facet, bawling over this? So he can show she nonetheless helps him??
Since Ewing’s apology, affected streamers have responded to the state of affairs, expressing their anger and disappointment. QTCinderella tweeted her response, asking folks to cease spreading the hyperlink to the NSFW website:
“I want to scream. Stop. Everybody f**king stop. Stop spreading it. Stop advertising it. Stop. Being seen “naked” towards your will ought to NOT BE A PART OF THIS JOB.”
She additionally went reside with a video displaying her instantaneous mortified response. Even in her devastated emotional state, she was impressively poised as she decried the objectification of ladies:
Sweet Anita additionally responded, saying Ewing being uncovered is how she discovered her personal photographs have been being manipulated on the positioning:
“This story was how I found out that I’m on this website. I literally choose to pass up millions by not going into sex work and some random cheeto encrusted porn addict solicits my body without my consent instead. Don’t know whether to cry, break stuff or laugh at this point.”
This story was how I discovered that I’m on this web site. I actually select to move up thousands and thousands by not going into intercourse work and a few random cheeto encrusted porn addict solicits my physique with out my consent as an alternative. Don’t know whether or not to cry, break stuff or snicker at this level. https://t.co/voNoxRyVBd
— Sweet Anita (@sweetanita) January 30, 2023
Such a wild state of affairs…
What do U suppose, Perezcious readers? Is this an instance of AI going too far? Let us know your ideas within the feedback (under).
[Image via Atrioc/Twitch/Pokimane/QTCinderella/Maya/YouTube.]