The Swift effect: US singer's influence on the economy and politics
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A bipartisan group of US senators have introduced a bill that would criminalise the spread of non-consensual, sexualised images generated through artificial intelligence. It comes after AI-generated images of pop star Taylor Swift circulated this past week on X, formerly known as Twitter. Swift is also the target of conspiracy theories that she's being used as part of a plot to interfere in the upcoming US presidential elections. FRANCE 24's Julia Sieger tells us more. 
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