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Two men have been charged in the US under the 2025 Take It Down Act, marking the first prosecutions for creating and sharing non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes. The article examines whether these arrests represent
A Tech Transparency Project investigation found that Apple's App Store and Google Play are actively promoting AI nudify apps through search results, autocomplete, and paid advertising, despite both platforms having explicit policies against such
This article analyzes how the EU AI Act applies to the adult industry, finding that most adult AI use cases — chatbots, deepfakes, content moderation — fall into low-risk categories with lighter compliance obligations.
An investigation by Tech Transparency Project found over 100 AI 'nudify' apps on Apple's App Store and Google Play that generate non-consensual sexual deepfakes, collectively amassing 705 million downloads and $117 million in revenue.
Pornhub has told SEXTECHGUIDE it does not use uploaded creator content for generative AI training, despite Terms of Service language that appears to permit such use. The article examines the gap between the site's
A whistleblower investigation by Der Spiegel reveals that Clothoff, a major AI nudify/deepfake app linked to a UK-registered company, is aggressively expanding into European markets and targeting young men despite a global crackdown on
Denmark plans to amend copyright law in 2025 to grant individuals legal rights over their facial features, body, and voice, creating a new mechanism to combat nonconsensual deepfake porn. The law would allow victims
Ofcom has opened investigations into Itai Tech Ltd (operator of AI nudify apps including Undress.cc) and US-based Score Internet Group LLC (operator of Scoreland.com) for failing to implement adequate age verification under the UK's
Mr Deepfakes, widely considered the world's largest nonconsensual deepfake porn site with 13 million monthly visitors, has shut down citing a critical service provider termination and data loss. The closure coincides with the passage
The Take It Down Act was passed by US Congress on April 28, 2025, criminalizing the sharing of non-consensual explicit content including AI-generated deepfakes, with prison sentences up to two years for adults and
Four people in Japan were arrested in April 2025 for selling AI-generated porn posters that violated the country's censorship laws by depicting uncensored genitals, marking the first such arrests related to AI-created obscene images
Grok 3, xAI's new AI chatbot, features a 'sexy' voice chat mode that enables highly explicit sexual roleplay, making it a notable outlier among mainstream AI platforms. The article examines the implications of this