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Apple and Google ordered to take down AI “nudify” apps.
San Francisco city attorney David Chiu sent cease-and-desist letters to both companies, demanding that they remove 13 apps that can be used to generate nude images of someone without their consent, according to a report from Wired. The letters ask Google and Apple to stop “aiding and abetting” the sale of sexualized AI deepfakes, which is prohibited under California law.
TL;DR
- San Francisco city attorney David Chiu sent cease-and-desist letters to Google and Apple.
- The letters demand the removal of 13 apps that can generate non-consensual nude images.
- The apps are accused of aiding and abetting the sale of sexualized AI deepfakes, illegal under California law.
- Google has suspended five Android apps cited in the letter, citing their policy against apps with sexual content.