The creators of an application allowing users to virtually \u201cundress\u201d women using artificial intelligence have shut it down after a social media uproar over its potential for abuse.<\/p>\n
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The creators of an application allowing users to virtually \u201cundress\u201d women using artificial intelligence have shut it down after a social media uproar over its potential for abuse.<\/p>\n
The creators of \u201cDeepNude\u201d said the software was launched several months ago for \u201centertainment\u201d and that they \u201cgreatly underestimated\u201d demand for the app.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe never thought it would be viral and (that) we would not be able to control the traffic,\u201d the DeepNude creators, who listed their location as Estonia, said on Twitter.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite the safety measures adopted (watermarks), if 500,000 people use it, the probability that people will misuse it is too high. We don\u2019t want to make money this way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Articles in The Washington Post, Vice and other media showed how the app could be used to take a photo of a clothed woman and transform that into a nude image, sparking outrage and renewed debate over nonconsensual pornography.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a horrifically destructive invention and we hope to see you soon suffer consequences for your actions,\u201d tweeted the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, a group that seeks protection against nonconsenual and \u201crevenge\u201d porn.<\/p>\n
Mary Anne Franks, a law professor and president of the CCRI, tweeted later, \u201cIt\u2019s good that it\u2019s been shut down, but this reasoning makes no sense. The app\u2019s INTENDED USE was to indulge the predatory and grotesque sexual fantasies of pathetic men.\u201d<\/p>\n
DeepNude offered a free version of the application as well as a paid version, and was the latest in a trend of \u201cdeepfake\u201d technology that can be used to deceive or manipulate.<\/p>\n
Although the app was shut down, critics expressed concern that some versions of the software remained available and would be abused.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe #Deepnude app is out there now and will be used, despite the creator taking it off the market. If only there were a way to disable all the versions out there,\u201d CCRI tweeted.<\/p>\n
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