Damning report finds Apple and Google’s app stores boosting nudify apps

If you assumed Apple and Google were just slow to catch harmful apps on their platforms, a new investigation suggests the problem is far worse than that. The Tech Transparency Project (TTP) found that both the App Store and Google Play aren’t just hosting nudify apps. Their search and advertising systems are actively pointing users toward them.

Nudify apps are AI tools that can digitally strip clothing from photos of real people. They can also generate pornographic videos or create sexually explicit chatbots using someone’s likeness. The scary part? 31 of the apps TTP found were rated suitable for minors.

How Apple and Google are sending users straight to these nudify apps

TTP ran searches using terms like “nudify,” “undress,” “deepfake,” and “AI NSFW” on both app stores. About 40% of the top 10 results for each term returned apps that

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