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Hundreds of Mundane AI Apps Are Hiding Sexually Abusive Deepfake Features

WIRED — AI · · International · AI Governance

An investigation by WIRED identified roughly 400 apps and websites, connected to Chinese-language developers, that appeared to be ordinary AI tools but contained hidden functionality allowing users to generate violent and sexually abusive deepfake images and video.

Why this matters: These are not fringe platforms hiding in dark corners. They look like normal apps. That is the whole problem. Real people, overwhelmingly women, end up as targets of this content without any warning it was even possible. The abuse is not a side effect — it was a built-in feature someone chose to add and then chose to conceal. App stores and payment processors are the chokepoints here. If they keep approving and funding tools like this, they are not passive bystanders.

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