400 Chinese‑Developed AI Apps Secretly Offer Sexually Abusive Deepfake Creation
Original headline: Hundreds of Mundane AI Apps Are Hiding Sexually Abusive Deepfake Features
WIRED investigated roughly 400 AI apps and websites linked to Chinese‑language developers. While the services appear as ordinary AI tools, they conceal secret capabilities that let users generate violent, sexually abusive deepfake images and videos.
The ability to mass‑produce sexually abusive deepfakes heightens online victimization and complicates regulatory responses.
Research angleDoes the hidden deepfake functionality in AI apps affect user trust, and can Protection Motivation Theory explain the resulting security behaviors? — Protection Motivation Theory
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