--- title: Microsoft adds new restrictions to Designer AI used to... description: Microsoft updates Designer AI image generator to prevent creation of explicit deepfakes featuring celebrities like Taylor Swift. Outrage from fans prompts... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-adds-new-restrictions-to-designer-ai-used-to-make-taylor-swift-deepfakes-0afqkre1n twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft adds new restrictions to Designer AI used to make Taylor Swift deepfakes | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft updates Designer AI image generator to prevent creation of explicit deepfakes featuring celebrities like Taylor Swift. Outrage from fans prompts... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-adds-new-restrictions-to-designer-ai-used-to-make-taylor-swift-deepfakes-0afqkre1n og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0afQKre1n.png og:image:alt: Microsoft adds new restrictions to Designer AI used to make Taylor Swift deepfakes og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft adds new restrictions to Designer AI used to make Taylor Swift deepfakes **[Venture Beat](https://daily.dev/sources/venturebeat)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft updates Designer AI image generator to prevent creation of explicit deepfakes featuring celebrities like Taylor Swift. Outrage from fans prompts calls for more regulations on AI. CEO Satya Nadella supports collaboration with lawmakers but does not call for new laws. SAG-AFTRA endorses a bill making dissemination of explicit deepfakes without consent a federal crime. Specific updates to the Designer AI service have been made, but motivated users may find work-arounds. Microsoft faces FTC probe into its investment into OpenAI. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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