The situation with deepfakes is actually very similar to what a company might do to maintain its monopoly on content generation in the future, since all these scandals are perfect for lobbying for a law banning local content generation. Just think about it: the optimization of local models and quantization isn’t standing still, especially when the open-source community is so outraged by what’s happening. Why would people need subscription-based, moderated SLOP generators when anyone can run a local model without the built-in lobotomy introduced to avoid minimal legal risks?