Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
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News ‘Siri is not up for that’: Apple wants Siri AI to get things done, not get you off
Apple's Craig Federighi stated that Siri AI will not engage in romantic or explicit interactions, positioning it as a purely functional assistant. The article contextualizes this within Apple's broader history of excluding sexual content
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Two men charged under Take It Down Act as US deepfake law finally bites
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
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Roundup Dating appdates (May ‘26): ‘Pixel twins’, Tinder’s iris scans, and a gay hook-up gold rush
A monthly dating app roundup covering the launch of AI 'pixel twin' agents that date on users' behalf, a gay hook-up app boom (Squirt's iOS launch and Match Group's $100M investment in Sniffies), Tinder's
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News EU bans AI nudify apps under amended AI Act, with December deadline
The EU has agreed to ban AI nudification apps under an amendment to the AI Act, with the prohibition taking effect December 2, 2026. The ban targets the software itself rather than individual deepfake
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News Radiant Mobile wants to build a phone network ‘void of porn, LGBT, trans’
Radiant Mobile is launching a Christian mobile carrier in the US using non-bypassable network-level porn filtering powered by Israeli cybersecurity firm Allot, with LGBT and trans content also blocked by default. The network is
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Feature Multiple cameras, virtual orgies, and AI: one VR porn CEO’s roadmap for what’s next
GroobyVR CEO Steven Grooby outlines his vision for the next wave of VR porn innovation, pointing to multi-camera shoots stitched by AI and avatar-based virtual orgies with haptic toy syncing as the sector's biggest
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News Apple and Google app stores ‘elevate and promote’ AI nudify apps, new report finds
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
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News Ex-OnlyFans CEO launches Vylit, a ‘topless-only’ adult content subscription platform
Vylit, a new adult subscription and social media platform founded by former OnlyFans CEO Amrapali Gan, has launched with a topless-only content policy and an AI digital twin feature, positioning itself as a unified
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Analysis Razer AVA is a gaming AI companion in a jar, and yes, people will fall in love with it
Razer's upcoming AVA hologram AI companion device features anime-style characters with an always-on camera and microphone, positioned as a gaming assistant but widely perceived as an AI companionship product with intimacy implications. The article
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News MyLovely.ai data breach allegedly leaks 70,000 explicit user prompts, company says nothing ‘critical’ was exposed
MyLovely.ai, an adult AI companion platform, allegedly suffered a data breach exposing over 106,000 users' email addresses, account details, and approximately 70,000 explicit chat prompts. The company's dismissive response claiming nothing 'critical' was leaked
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News Dreamcam’s real-time voice translation works across VR and non-VR streams, hands-free
Dreamcam has launched a real-time AI-powered voice-to-text translation feature for both VR and non-VR streams, enabling cross-language communication between performers and users hands-free. The feature builds on a 2022 voice-to-text tool and addresses language
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News The companion that’s watching you: AI Allure chatbots can now ‘see’ you and react to your gestures
AI Allure, an adult AI companion platform, has introduced live camera access and gesture recognition so its chatbot characters can 'see' users and react to their expressions, activities, and hand gestures in real time.
