Apps and websites that use artificial intelligence to undress women in photos are soaring in popularity, according to researchers.

In September alone, 24 million people visited undressing websites, according to the social network analysis company Graphika.

Many of these undressing, or “nudify,” services use popular social networks for marketing, according to Graphika. For instance, since the beginning of this year, the number of links advertising undressing apps increased more than 2,400% on social media, including on X and Reddit, the researchers said. The services use AI to recreate an image so that the person is nude. Many of the services only work on women.

These apps are part of a worrying trend of non-consensual pornography being developed and distributed because of advances in artificial intelligence — a type of fabricated media known as deepfake pornography. Its proliferation runs into serious legal and ethical hurdles, as the images are often taken from social media and distributed without the consent, control or knowledge of the subject.

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    11 months ago

    I’ve never thought about this before. One thing I’m curious to hear from your perspective is the idea of a single password being irrelevant. I’ve had my credit card info stolen before and it’s never been a concern of not being able to convince my bank it wasn’t me, the amount of corroboratating evidence is just overwhelming. In a world where a single point of failure ,such as a biometric, is irrelevant simply because the amount of information to convincingly recreate a person is more trouble than it’s worth. Additionally I’ve never had a biometric be the last line of defense, somewhere along the line a password is always required.

    Idk love to hear thoughts on this admittedly am low key drunk so maybe am saying dumb stuff

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      11 months ago

      I have to agree with you. My biggest concern is not if they have my fingerprint because there isn’t really much they can do with it. What I am concerned about is how much data they gather (and not just about be, for the same reason, but from groups) and what they can do with it to alter my world view.

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        I agree but I personally just assume every techgiant knows everything about me and not to trust anything I see through a screen without vetting it. I’m younger than Google so it’s possible they knew about me before I was even born, whats the point in trying to hide myself from an entity that doesn’t care about me but already knows more about me than everyone in my life possibly excluding myself.