San Francisco sends notice to Apple and Google: Remove these apps right away

The city of San Francisco has issued a formal legal order to tech giants Apple and Google, demanding the immediate removal of dozens of ‘nudify’ apps from their digital storefronts. These controversial artificial intelligence (AI) apps allow users to digitally alter photographs to remove the clothing off the people in them. According to a report, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu announced the action, accusing both companies of hosting, promoting and actively profiting from applications that generate non-consensual intimate deepfake – a practice that targets women and girls.

“Apple and Google are profiting off apps that exploit women and girls by generating nonconsensual intimate deepfakes.