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Grok’s sexual deepfakes almost got it banned from Apple’s App Store. Almost.

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15 Apr

Grok’s sexual deepfakes almost got it banned from Apple’s App Store. Almost.

OPINION · WHAT · The Verge

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15 Apr

Grok’s sexual deepfakes almost got it banned from Apple’s App Store. Almost.

Apple quietly threatened to kick Elon Musk's AI app, Grok, from its App Store in January over its failure to curb the surge of nonconsensual sexual deepfakes flooding X, according

REPORT · WHAT · The Verge TechOPEN STORY

14 Apr

Apple App Store threatened to remove Grok over deepfakes: Letter

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18 Aug

One advertisement featured a pornographic video with a deepfake closely resembling a prominent US politician. Apple removed the app from the App Store after an inquiry from WIRED. www.wired.com/story/

One advertisement featured a pornographic video with a deepfake closely resembling a prominent US politician. Apple removed the app from the App Store after an inquiry from WIRED.

OPINION · WHAT · WiredOPEN STORY

16 Oct

Apple’s updated App Store rules go after ‘nudify’ AI apps

Apple's App Store rules now more explicitly ban so-called "nudify" apps that generate intimate images of people without their consent using AI tools. The rule changes follow

REPORT · HOW · The Verge TechOPEN STORY

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