Over 24 million people visit websites that let them use AI to undress women in photos: Study

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Graphika, a social network analysis company, revealed that a whopping 24 million people visited these undressing websites in September alone, highlighting a troubling surge in non-consensual pornography driven by advancements in artificial intelligence...

The so-called "nudify" services have been making use of popular social networks for marketing, with the number of links advertising undressing apps skyrocketing by over 2,400 percent on platforms like X and Reddit since the beginning of the year..

As technology evolves, the ethical and legal challenges posed by deepfake pornography underscore the urgent need for comprehensive regulations to protect individuals from the non-consensual and harmful use of AI-generated content...

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