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nudes
Technology Hugging Face Faces Widespread Deepfake Nudes Problem on Its AI Platform
A new report from AI Forensics reveals that Hugging Face, the multibillion-dollar open-source AI repository, is widely used to generate nonconsensual deepfake nude images. Researchers found that 7 of 9 top image-editing Spaces easily produced topless images, and 73% of prompts on honey-pot Spaces were sexual in nature. The platform has content policies but appears to lack platform-level safeguards, raising questions about moderation.
Technology xAI Asks Court to Strip Alleged Grok Deepfake Nudes Victims of Anonymity
Elon Musk's AI firm xAI is asking a federal court to overturn a ruling allowing four plaintiffs in a deepfake nudes lawsuit to proceed under pseudonyms. The plaintiffs, who claim Grok was used to create sexualized deepfake images including of a child, argue that public identification would lead to further harassment. xAI counters that civil procedure requires naming all parties and that the deepfake images will remain sealed.