‘Digital equivalent of sexual assault’: Vijay Deverakonda on Janhvi Kapoor’s AI deepfake video
In a recent incident, an AI-generated deepfake video depicting Janhvi Kapoor in a sexually explicit and degrading manner surfaced online. The video used footage from the song "Chuttamalle" from Devara: Part 1. Celebrities such as Chiranjeevi, Khushbu Sundar, Vijay Deverakonda, and Ram Gopal Varma condemned the video, with Chiranjeevi stating that such acts are cruel, shameful, and completely unacceptable.
He urged the Cyber Crime authority to take necessary action against the perpetrators. Vijay Deverakonda expressed his shock and disgust, calling it the digital equivalent of sexual assault and urging the law to treat such acts with utmost seriousness.
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