Apple has removed 19 apps that concealed sexually abusive AI deepfake tools behind ordinary features after an investigation uncovered a network designed to evade App Store review.
App StoreA November 2 investigation identified more than 400 connected apps and web domains that appeared to offer harmless AI services, including pet portraits, language lessons, and fitness coaching. Some could instead load tools for generating sexually explicit images and videos using photographs of real people.
The findings build on earlier research showing that apps capable of creating nonconsensual sexual imagery were reaching the App Store despite Apple’s restrictions. The newly uncovered network went further by using remote servers to control which features appeared to individual users.
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