Surge in Popularity of AI-Powered 'Undressing' Apps Raises Concerns
Non-consensual pornography, facilitated by advances in AI, is seeing a worrying increase, with victims often struggling to seek justice.
- AI-powered apps and websites that 'undress' women in photos are seeing a surge in popularity, with 24 million people visiting such sites in September alone, according to social network analysis company Graphika.
- The rise in popularity corresponds to the release of several open source diffusion models, or AI that can create images that are far superior to those created just a few years ago.
- These apps are part of a worrying trend of non-consensual pornography being developed and distributed because of advances in AI, a type of fabricated media known as deepfake pornography.
- Many victims never find out about the images, but even those who do may struggle to get law enforcement to investigate or to find funds to pursue legal action.
- There is currently no federal law banning the creation of deepfake pornography, though the US government does outlaw generation of these kinds of images of minors.
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