I certainly agree!

However, I doubt that's a strong legal argument.

arrowsmith 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

What law is being broken here exactly?

It's certainly illegal to make fake IDs, but I don't know if that applies to just generating an image rather than fully forging a physical copy. And anyway these images look nothing like the real IDs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_licence_in_the_United_...

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Aeolun 5 days ago | parent [-]

Hmm, yeah. It’s almost as if they deliberately made them look less like the real ID’s, because I have little doubt that openai would be perfectly capable of generating that image.

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jrockway 4 days ago | parent [-]

Another thing to think about is that this is just passthrough from an AI model. If it's illegal to make a website that spits out fake IDs, then OpenAI is illegal until they filter them.

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antonvs 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

I'm not sure that argument would hold up legally. You could use an image editing site to create IDs and counterfeit currency as well, but such sites are legal.

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sefrost 4 days ago | parent [-]

Photoshop does not allow you to edit currency images.

https://go.photoshelter.com/brands/blog/photographers/blog/t...

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arcfour 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

This is only for images of money with a specific digital watermark; it doesn't detect the EURion constellation, so you can take your own and work with it just fine.

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arrowsmith 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Your link is a 404 for me.

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jjani 4 days ago | parent [-]

https://go.photoshelter.com/photographers/blog/this-is-what-...

	▲	sefrost 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Thank you!

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AlecSchueler 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Things like intent matter. You can go into your local library and photocopy an ID but it doesn't make the library culpable for providing fake IDs.

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AlecSchueler 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

True but the wording of the act actually places the onus on the service provider to verify the identities, not on the user to give them. It would be Discord in this case having to make the legal defence.

	▲	qualeed 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		>It would be Discord in this case having to make the legal defence. There's no rule that only 1 entity can get in trouble. If I use a fake ID to by smokes while underage, I will definitely get in trouble for that and the store that sold me the smokes may also get in trouble (depending on how realistic the ID is, etc.). If the provider of my fake ID is found, they also get in trouble. I haven't yet heard a compelling argument why this website (who, in the analogous scenario above, would be the fake ID provider) would not be subject to the same logic. I hope that the defense of "this is a satirical website" is strong enough (or preferably, it never even has to be put to the test), however given what I've gathered about the general attitude UK legislators have regarding the internet, I think it is more likely that they would do anything in their power to try and punish someone operating a site like this.