Twitch streamer Brandon “Atrioc” Ewing issued a tearful apology on his stream after he was accidentally caught looking at not-safe-for-work (NSFW) deepfakes of fellow streamers. A clip claiming to expose the streamer for subscribing to a website to look at deepfakes of other streamers went viral on 30th January on Reddit, enraging the streaming community. The clip reportedly showed Atrioc playing Hitman 3 where he tabbed out of the game for a split second, revealing all of the other windows he had opened on his PC, including the alleged deepfake website.The deepfake website reportedly sells access to graphic deepfake content of female Twitch streamers. Atrioc’s viewers and fans of the creators targeted by the NSFW deepfakes were outraged by his actions.Atrioc issues tearful apology on streamAfter the clip went viral online, Atrioc went live on his Twitch with his partner to apologize and address the issue. He explained that he had been watching and reading a lot of content about Artificial Intelligence (AI) including deepfake music and art. He said, “This is so embarrassing. But I was on a regular ass, normal f***** website, and there was an ad. There’s an ad on every f***** video… for this deepfake thing
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