Ukrainian Singer Condemns AI-Generated Video Using Her Likeness Without Consent
Rapper Potap released AI-generated deepfake videos featuring the faces of singers Tina Karol and Svetlana Loboda without their consent, depicting them in a fight scene under his Slavic Balagan project. Tina Karol publicly condemned the practice as parasitic and creatively empty, calling it desperation masquerading as artistic provocation.
What happened
Rapper and producer Potap (Alexei Potapenko) released AI-generated videos under his new project Slavic Balagan featuring the likenesses of singers Tina Karol and Svetlana Loboda without their consent. The videos depicted the singers' faces on different bodies in a fight scene.
Reported impact
Tina Karol publicly condemned the use of her likeness, stating on her Telegram channel that the practice represented parasitism on others' faces and was empty creativity masquerading as provocation rather than artistic gesture.
Index analysis
The incident involves the unauthorized use of a real person's likeness in synthetic video content generated by AI technology, raising concerns about consent and intellectual property rights in AI-generated media.
Governance controls
No governance controls or regulatory oversight of the practice are mentioned in the available reports.
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