US EditionApple Reportedly Threatened to Remove Grok From App Store Over Deepfakes
- On April 15, the Tech Transparency Project reported that Apple and Google continue surfacing apps enabling users to create nonconsensual sexualized images, violating both companies' policies prohibiting "overtly sexual or pornographic material."
- Researchers found these apps have been downloaded 483 million times, generating $122 million in revenue, with TTP's report claiming search and autocomplete systems often direct users to such software.
- TTP identified 18 such apps on the Apple App Store and 20 on the Google Play Store; enforcement remains "uneven and largely opaque," said Dr. Anne Helmond, a professor at Utrecht University.
- Following the investigation, Apple removed 15 apps, while Okapi Software launched an investigation into its Video Face Swap AI and Google suspended many referenced apps for policy violations.
- Regulators worldwide are intensifying pressure; President Donald Trump signed the Take It Down Act in 2025 criminalizing non-consensual sexual content, while the British government plans similar legislation this year.
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Apple and Google Continue to Offer 'Nudify' Apps that Use AI to Generate Deepfake Porn
Apple and Google are continuing to offer "nudify" apps that allow users to create AI-generated deepfake pornography of real people, despite both companies maintaining policies that explicitly prohibit such content, according to a new report. The post Apple and Google Continue to Offer ‘Nudify’ Apps that Use AI to Generate Deepfake Porn appeared first on Breitbart.
Apple secretly threatened to pull Grok from the App Store over deepfake nudes
A letter Apple sent to US senators, obtained by NBC News, reveals that Apple rejected an initial Grok update and warned the app could be removed unless xAI made further changes. Only a second submission passed. Apple privately threatened to remove Grok, xAI’s AI chatbot, from the App Store in January after Elon Musk’s company […] This story continues at The Next Web
It was amazing to see Apple stay silent while Grok invaded the X with sexualized Deepfakes. An Apple letter to North American senators now reveals that the company of Cupertino was, in fact,...
Analysis suggests that ‘Nudify’ apps, which use artificial intelligence (AI) to create sexual images, are running rampant in the Google and Apple app marketplaces. It is pointed out that while Google and Apple have policies banning apps containing sexual content, they are actually making access easier through their search and recommendation systems.
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