AI 'Nudify' Apps Used as Tools for Blackmail and Extortion
Description
AI 'nudify' apps are being used to generate hyperrealistic non-consensual nude photos of individuals, which are then exploited for extortion and harassment. These apps use generative AI to remove clothing from images and create convincing fakes, often distributed on platforms like Telegram. Victims are threatened or shamed using these AI-generated images, with little recourse for removal or legal action.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- extortionists
- deepfake-creators
- sextortionists
- synthetic-media-creators
Alleged Developers
- deepfake-creators
- synthetic-media-generation-technology-developers
- synthetic-image-generation-technology-developers
Harmed Parties
- women
- general-public
- general-public-of-india
- women-and-girls
- victims-of-non-consensual-deepfakes
- victims-of-deepfake-abuse
- epistemic-integrity
- privacy
Classification
Risk Domain
Malicious Actors & MisuseRisk Subdomain
4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
MIT Risk Profile
Source
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