The Guardian · AI
Report finds Apple and Google parental controls leave ‘nudify’ apps accessible to US teens
US teens can access apps with features for generating nonconsensual nude imagery despite Apple and Google’s parental controls, according to the report. Tech Transparency Project downloaded 135 such apps using test accounts posing as 13-year-olds. The article also describes a high school student using Movely to create AI-generated sexual videos from a schoolmate’s photos and those of five other girls.
What to know
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Tech Transparency Project used test accounts posing as 13-year-olds to download 135 apps with features for generating nonconsensual nude imagery.
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The article describes a Pennsylvania high school student using Movely to make AI-generated sexual videos from photos of a schoolmate and five other girls.
Why it matters
The findings raise questions about the effectiveness of parental controls in restricting minors’ access to these image-generation apps.
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