Apple Removes AI Nudification App After Report Found Rape Depictions for $10.83 a Month
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Updated · The Independent · Aug 14
Apple Removes AI Nudification App After Report Found Rape Depictions for $10.83 a Month
3 articles · Updated · The Independent · Aug 14
Summary
Several AI nudification apps were available in Apple’s App Store, including one that let users place uploaded photos into “bedroom rape” scenes and sold memberships for $10.83 a month.
Apple removed the flagged app after being alerted and said nudification apps violate its rules, adding that some developers introduced banned features only after initial review.
The finding cuts against Apple’s own policy barring overtly sexual, pornographic and “creepy” content, and follows a Tech Transparency Project report earlier this year that identified 47 AI nudify apps in the US store.
UK law already bans creating or requesting non-consensual adult deepfake images, while rape and sexual-assault pornography has been illegal in England, Wales and Northern Ireland since 2015.
Ofcom said it is assessing generative-AI porn services under the Online Safety Act, though it currently lacks powers over app stores and will report on their role later this year.