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AI nudify apps spark legal scrutiny of Apple and Google’s profits

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21 Jul
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17 Jul
San Francisco orders Apple, Google to remove nudify apps from app stores

Official estimates Google and Apple likely made millions in nudify app fees.

REPORT · WHAT · Ars TechnicaOPEN 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
17 Jul
The City Attorney’s Office sent the tech giants cease-and-desist letters this week telling them to stop profiting from 13 “face-swap” apps that are overwhelmingly used to target women and girls. www.w

The City Attorney’s Office sent the tech giants cease-and-desist letters this week telling them to stop profiting from 13 “face-swap” apps that are overwhelmingly used to target

OPINION · WHERE · WiredOPEN STORY
17 Jul
In letters sent to Apple and Google, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said that both companies have long been aware that they are hosting apps in violation of state law.

In letters sent to Apple and Google, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said that both companies have long been aware that they are hosting apps in violation of state law.

OPINION · WHO · TechCrunchOPEN STORY
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