Jacob Elordi becomes latest celebrity AI victim as he becomes target of ‘creepy’ sexually explicit deepfakes following Taylor Swift’s hideous ordeal

Jacob Elordi is the latest high-profile victim of sexually explicit deepfake images.

The Saltburn actor’s image was reportedly used in a deepfake porn video without his consent.

Deepfakes are digital content that has been edited or created using artificial intelligence to convey a false image of a person and can therefore often be mistaken for real.

Earlier this year, Taylor Swift fell victim to shocking AI images containing disgusting, sexually explicit motifs, becoming one of the most famous victims of this plague.

Now, deepfake content of 26-year-old Jacob has been shared on X (formerly Twitter) and viewed more than three million times, according to NBC News.

The deepfake video reportedly combines Jacob’s face with a sexually explicit video allegedly from the account of a male OnlyFans creator.

The body in the footage is not Jacob, who has a noticeable birthmark on his chest, and NBC News claimed the video appeared in more than 16 posts on X.

After this deepfake post went viral on the internet, it has since been blocked by X because it “violated” the platform’s rules.

An OnlyFans creator claimed his video was used to create the deepfake, saying he was only 17 years old at the time it was recorded.

“This is literally my video lmao deep fake getting scary,” he tweeted.

“There’s no need to tag me on every post with the damn video, here or on TikTok. I just try to ignore it, so should you. By the way, I was 17 when I made that video, so…”

Daily Mail Australia has contacted representatives for X and Jacob for comment.

Jacob is not the first celebrity to fall victim to deepfakes. A number of famous names have been targeted by the rise of this technology.

Female celebrities have been the main target of deepfake images since 2018, when Natalie Portman was featured in a video.

Marvel actress Scarlett Johansson also came under fire last year when a deepfake promotional video for Lisa AI surfaced.

In March, Harry Potter star Emma Watson appeared in a deepfake ad on social media in which she appears to be performing a sexual act.

The image of global star Taylor Swift was also used in disgusting and sexually explicit content earlier this year.

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In January, sexually explicit and abusive fake images of Taylor began circulating on X, as tech platforms and anti-abuse groups struggle to combat the scourge of deepfakes.

According to the New York Times, a photo of the singer shared on X was viewed 47 million times before the account was suspended.

X was heavily criticized for his seemingly slow response to the emergence of the images and eventually blocked the account from which they originated.

To prevent deepfake content from being viewed or shared, searches for Taylor’s name were temporarily blocked on the platform.

“Search has been re-enabled and we will continue to monitor for any attempts to distribute such content and remove it if we find it,” Joe Benarroch, head of business operations at X, said in a statement.

He had previously stated that the company had taken “temporary measures” to stop the searches and had done so with “extreme caution” as safety was its top priority.

Just weeks later, more than 400 AI experts, celebrities, politicians and activists signed an open letter calling on U.S. lawmakers to take action against deepfake technology.

The letter, titled “Disrupting the Deepfake Supply Chain,” called for a blanket ban on deepfake technology and demanded that lawmakers fully criminalize deepfake child pornography and establish criminal penalties for anyone who knowingly creates or shares such content.

It argued that the growing number of AI-generated videos posed a threat to society due to the sexual imagery, child pornography, fraud and political disinformation they contained.

The letter also said that deepfake technology misleads the public, making it more important than ever to implement formalized laws “to protect our ability to recognize real people.”

“Deepfakes pose an enormous threat to human society and are already causing increasing harm to individuals, communities and the functioning of democracy,” said Andrew Critch, an AI researcher at UC Berkeley in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and lead author of the letter.

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“We must act immediately to combat the spread of deepfakes, and my colleagues and I have written this letter so that people around the world can show their support for legislative efforts to stop deepfakes.”

The signatories also called for software developers and distributors to be held accountable if someone uses their audio and video products to create deepfakes.

Deepfakes have become so widespread that the amount of fake sexual content increased by more than 400 percent between 2022 and 2023, while the number of scams increased by a shocking 3,000 percent, according to the Ban Deepfakes campaign.