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Last year, Meta removed several ads promoting nudify apps after a CBS News investigation found hundreds of such advertisements
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Recently, CBS News identified dozens of such apps in the Google Play Store and in Apple's App Store and tested their capabilities.
Key facts
- CBS News fed AI-generated images of a fully clothed adult woman and an adult man into 70 different AI photo-editing apps
- Five of the 10 largest school districts in the U.S., including New York City, Los Angeles Unified and Houston, have policies that include action plans for responding to such incidents and specify
- Recently, CBS News identified dozens of such apps in the Google Play Store and in Apple's App Store and tested their capabilities
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Summary
A sweet back-to-school photo can be more vulnerable to manipulation in the age of artificial intelligence, with bad actors getting their hands on AI-enabled apps that let them take an innocent photo and sexualize it, all that's required is a photo of someone even fully clothed. So-called "nudify apps" use AI-generated software to turn photographs of people wearing clothing into naked or pornographic images with a few swipes on a screen. Roughly half of U.S. teens say they've seen AI-generated pornography, according to Common Sense Media, an advocacy group focused on kids' online safety. One in five teens even admits to having made AI porn, while one in four has shared it or knows someone who has, Common Sense Media found. These apps are widely accessible, and some have no age restrictions.