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Dolly Parton's death tests Tennessee's ELVIS Act against a new federal AI framework that agrees on the goal but not the mechanism.
On the morning of Aug. 27, Mashable observed at least three YouTube videos with fake, likely AI-generated images of Parton hospitalized in the thumbnails. The videos were surfaced by the YouTube app in sections labeled "Videos on the rise" and "YouTube featured":
Meanwhile, X users slammed Trump for repeatedly bringing up the late singer. They claimed that he was seemingly disrespecting Dolly Parton by uploading the AI-generated image. "She barely died this week and he keeps choosing to disrespect her," they tweeted.
The next Atlantic tropical storm or hurricane will be named Dolly. It's a coincidence given the death of a true icon, Dolly Parton. Here are some reflections on both.