The shock of seeing your body used in deepfake porn
MIT Technology Review examines a darker side of sexual deepfakes: not only faces being swapped without consent, but bodies being reused and monetized too. Through the story of “Jennifer,” the piece shows how adult performers can discover that their bodies have been inserted into AI-generated porn they never made or approved. The article argues that this creates “embodied harm” — a form of psychological and bodily trauma that goes beyond privacy or reputation. It also warns that the legal response to nonconsensual intimate imagery may unintentionally hurt the very creators it aims to protect, especially if lawmakers fail to distinguish between abuse, copyright, and legitimate adult content. The result is a more unsettling question about AI: when your body becomes training data, where does consent end and exploitation begin?