As AI-powered image generators have become more accessible, so have websites that digitally remove the clothes of people in photos. One of these sites has an unsettling feature that provides a glimpse of how these apps are used: two feeds of what appear to be photos uploaded by users who want to “nudify” the subjects. The feeds of images are a shocking display of intended victims.
contacted YouTube, the platform said it terminated the channel; Reddit told notified the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, which helps report cases of child exploitation to law enforcement, about the site’s existence. AI developers like OpenAI and Stability AI say their image generators are for commercial and artistic uses and have guardrails to prevent harmful content. But open source AI image-making technology is now relatively powerful and creating pornography is one of the most popular use cases.
were cropped to remove the faces of women and girls, showing only their chest or crotch. Huge Audience Over an eight-day period of monitoring the site,