Overview
- The complaint, led by a Yale Law School professor and team, targets AI/Robotics Venture Strategy 3 Ltd. and lists Telegram as a nominal defendant for hosting bots that provided access to ClothOff.
- Plaintiffs ask the court to delete AI-generated nudes created without consent and to order the software removed from the internet.
- ClothOff’s developer says its system cannot process images of minors and automatically deletes data, while the filing alleges the tool has been used to produce child sexual abuse material.
- A Telegram spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal that nonconsensual pornography and tools to create it violate its terms and are removed when discovered.
- The case fits into expanding legal efforts that include the federal Take It Down Act’s 48‑hour takedown mandate and state laws against fake nudes, as the teen also pursues a separate suit against the classmate and reports law‑enforcement noncooperation from witnesses.