Visit the Website Deepfake of one specific generator Then you will be shown a selection of horrific images. You can convert an image into a sexually explicit eight-second video with just two clicks. “Transform any photo into a nude version with our advanced AI technology,” Text on website reads:
There are many ways to abuse the system. The 65 videos are available. “templates” There are many “undressing” videos where the women being depicted will remove clothing—but there are also explicit video scenes named “fuck machine deepthroat” Divers “semen” videos. The cost of creating each video is a relatively small amount; the additional costs for AI-generated sound are higher.
Warnings on the website (which WIRED will not name to prevent further publicity) state that people must only upload images they are willing to have AI transform. Uncertain if any controls are in place to ensure this.
GrokElon Musk’s chatbot has led to thousands of nonconsensual encounters. “undressing” or “nudify” bikini images—further industrializing and normalizing Digital sexual harassment is a process. But it’s only the most visible—and far from the most explicit. Since years ago, an ecosystem of deepfake websites, apps and bots has grown, which makes it possible to automate sexual abuse using images. child sexual abuse material (CSAM). This “nudify” Many people do not understand the complexity of ecosystems and their impact on women and girls.
“It’s no longer a very crude synthetic strip,” Henry Ajder a deepfake technology expert has been tracking the technology for more than half a decade. “We’re talking about a much higher degree of realism of what’s actually generated, but also a much broader range of functionality.” The services combined are more likely to be effective making millions of dollars per year. “It’s a societal scourge, and it’s one of the worst, darkest parts of this AI revolution and synthetic media revolution that we’re seeing,” “He says”
WIRED’s tracked over the past year how many explicit fake services introduced new features and expanded rapidly to create harmful videos. In most cases, image-to video models now require only one photograph to produce a brief clip. WIRED’s review of over 50 “deepfake” Nearly all websites that receive millions of page views each month offer high-quality, explicit video production. They also list many sexual situations in which women are portrayed.
On Telegram however, many sexual deepfake bots and channels have been regularly releasing new features. These include different sexual poses, positions, and other software. In June of last year, for example, a deepfake website promoted an “sex-mode,” Advertising it along with the message “Try different clothes, your favorite poses, age, and other settings.” This is another post that “more styles” Soon, users will be able view and download images and videos. “create exactly what you envision with your own descriptions” AI can respond to custom-made prompts.
“It’s not just, ‘You want to undress someone.’ It’s like, ‘Here are all these different fantasy versions of it.’ It’s the different poses. It’s the different sexual positions,” Santiago Lakatos an independent analyst, says media outlet Indicator Has researched on how “nudify” Services often use the infrastructure of large technology companies. likely made big money in the process. “There’s versions where you can make someone [appear] pregnant,” Lakatos says.
WIRED found that 39 Telegram bots for deepfake channel creation and more had over 1.4 millions accounts. Telegram removed 32 deepfake services after WIRED contacted them about their existence. “Nonconsensual pornography—including deepfakes and the tools used to create them—is strictly prohibited under Telegram’s terms of serviceA Telegram spokesperson said that the app removes any content found to be in violation of its rules. In fact, 44 million items were removed last year.
