Online chatbots are generating nude images of real people at users’ requests, prompting concern from experts who worry the explicit deepfakes will create “a very nightmarish scenario.” A Wired investigation on the messaging app Telegram unearthed dozens of AI-powered chatbots that allegedly “create explicit photos or videos of people with only a couple clicks,” the outlet reported. Some “remove clothes” from images provided by users, according to Wired, while others say they can manufacture X-rated photos of people engaging in sexual activity. The outlet estimated that approximately 4 million users per month take advantage of the deepfake capabilities from the chatbots, of which there were an estimated 50. Such generative AI bots promised to deliver “anything you want about the face or clothes of the photo you give me,” Wired reported. (…) On Telegram, bots can be used for translations, games and alerts — or, in this case, creating dangerous deepfakes. When contacted by Wired about the explicit chatbot content, the company did not respond with comment, but the bots and associated channels suddenly disappeared, although creators vowed to “make another bot” the next day. “These types of fake images can harm a person’s health and well-being by causing psychological trauma and feelings of humiliation, fear, embarrassment, and shame,” Emma Pickering, the head of technology-facilitated abuse and economic empowerment at the UK-based domestic abuse organization Refuge, told Wired.
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