Recent news stories allege tech companies like X, Apple, Google have profited from apps that let users digitally undress women and children without their consent.
A report from the Tech Transparency Project reveals that tech giants have hosted dozens of AI-powered “nudify” applications on their app stores, despite having policies that supposedly prohibit such content.
These apps use artificial intelligence to create deepfake nude images of real people, including minors. The apps have reportedly been downloaded more than 705 million times worldwide.
This technology represents a new form of sexual exploitation that lawmakers and parents are struggling to address. The apps essentially let anyone with a smartphone sexually victimize others. And despite repeated warnings from pro-family groups and others, tech companies have been slow to remove these applications.
Arkansas families need to understand this threat. Last year, Arkansas’ lawmakers passed Act 827 by Rep. Stephen Meeks (R — Greenbrier) and Sen. Clint Penzo (R — Springdale) to prohibit people from using artificial intelligence to create and distribute deepfake pornographic images depicting another individual without that individual’s consent. The law also lets the Arkansas Attorney General take legal action against the developers responsible for this kind of technology. It’s a good law that helps address this problem — but it’s possible Arkansas will need to do more as artificial intelligence continues to expand.
Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.
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