San Francisco Files Nation’s First Suit Over AI Pornography
San Francisco has filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against nonconsensual AI-generated deepfake pornography websites.
Filed by the City Attorney in San Francisco Superior Court, the complaint says 16 sites exploited open-source AI image generation models that allow users to “undress” or “nudify” women and girls. Victims of those nonconsensual AI-generated intimate images “have little to no recourse” and “are left with profound psychological, emotional, economic, and reputational harms, and without control and autonomy over their bodies and images,” the complaint said. It alleged website operators engaged in unlawful business practices by creating ...
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