San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores
San Francisco is pressuring Apple and Google to remove AI-powered 'nudify' apps from their app stores.
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The brief
San Francisco has demanded that Apple and Google remove AI-powered 'nudify' apps from their respective app stores. These apps use artificial intelligence to create non-consensual explicit images.
Coverage emphasizes the city's stance against non-consensual intimate image abuse. Outlets reporting include Yahoo, MacTech.com, MacRumors, Ars Technica and WIRED.
Next steps will depend on Apple and Google's responses to the demand. Coverage does not yet specify whether either company has publicly commented on the matter.
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Quick answers
What are 'nudify' apps?
These are apps that use AI to create non-consensual explicit images.
Which companies are affected by the demand?
Apple and Google are the companies being pressured to remove these apps from their app stores.
Who is making the demand?
The demand is coming from San Francisco.
Coverage (7)
- Apple And Google Ordered By San Francisco Attorney To Take Action Against 'Nudify' Apps Engadget · 3h ago
- Tech Giants Under Fire: Apple and Google Ordered to Ban AI "Nudify" Apps Android Headlines · 9h ago
- San Francisco Demands Apple, Google Remove AI 'Nudify' Apps Yahoo · 9h ago
- Apple and Google ordered to remove ‘nudify’ apps from their app stores MacTech.com · 9h ago
- Apple and Google Hit With Demand to Pull AI 'Nudify' Apps MacRumors · 9h ago
- Apple, Google must stop profiting off AI nudify apps, San Francisco AG says Ars Technica · 9h ago
- San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores WIRED · 9h ago
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