Published 13 hours ago • loading... • Updated 6 hours ago

Apple, Google host dozens of AI ‘nudify’ apps like Grok, report finds

On Tuesday, Tech Transparency Project found 55 nudify apps on Google Play and 47 in the Apple App Store, all available as of Jan. 21.
Improved AI models have lowered the barrier for sexualized deepfakes, and Tech Transparency Project found apps with over 700 million downloads generating $117 million, benefiting Apple and Google.
To test the apps, Tech Transparency Project searched 'nudify' and 'undress' and used AI-generated test images, finding many apps produced sexualized or nude outputs and face-swap apps superimposed faces.
Apple told CNBC that 28 apps TTP identified were removed after outreach, though TTP reported only 24 removals, and a Google spokesperson said it suspended several apps while investigating violations.
Regulators have responded: Katie Paul warned `The fact that they are not adhering to their own policies...` and concerns include Chinese apps rated for children and data-privacy issues, Paul said.

Insights by Ground AI

24 Articles

Google, Apple hosted dozens of nudify apps, report reveals

App stores reportedly hosted so-called nudify apps (deepfake tools that use AI) despite such apps violating the companies' rules.

6 hours ago·United States

Read Full Article

Breitbart

Right

Apple and Google App Stores Offer Dozens of AI-Powered 'Nudify' Apps in Wake of Elon Musk's Grok Scandal

Tech giants Apple and Google are offering numerous AI-powered applications on their app stores that can generate non-consensual nude images from ordinary photographs, according to a new report from industry watchdog Tech Transparency Project. The report comes after a global scandal erupted at Elon Musk's Grok AI generated sexual deepfakes of women and children and posting them on X.

9 hours ago·United States

Read Full Article

The Register

Center

Nudify apps get past Google, Apple app moderation

: Researchers with the Tech Transparency Project found all sorts of apps that let users create fake non-consensual nudes of real people

1 day ago

Read Full Article

9to5Mac

Center

Report claims App Store hosts nonconsensual AI undressing apps

The Tech Transparency Project released a report concluding that “nudify” apps are easily found on the App Store and Google’s Play Store.

1 day ago

Read Full Article

Engadget

Lean Left

Apple and Google reportedly still offer dozens of AI ‘nudify’ apps

A recent investigation found over 100 apps on iOS and Android that use AI to create nonconsensual and sexualized images. This is a clear violation of both companies' policies.

1 day ago·United States

Read Full Article

연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency

Lean Right

Smartphone "Naked Image Synthesis" Ai App Goes Viral, Generating 170 Billion Won in Revenue.

(San Francisco = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kwon Young-jeon = It has been revealed that an artificial intelligence (AI) app that synthesizes nude images has been brazenly registered in the smartphone app market.

1 day ago·Korea, Republic of

Read Full Article

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/year