Some of the most harmful applications of AI tools are not hidden on the dark corners of the internet, but are actively promoted to users by social media companies.

Instagram is profiting from several ads that invite people to create nonconsensual nude images with AI image generation apps, once again showing that some of the most harmful applications of AI tools are not hidden on the dark corners of the internet, but are actively promoted to users by social media companies unable or unwilling to enforce their policies about who can buy ads on their platforms.

While parent company Meta’s Ad Library, which archives ads on its platforms, who paid for them, and where and when they were posted, shows that the company has taken down several of these ads previously, many ads that explicitly invited users to create nudes and some ad buyers were up until I reached out to Meta for comment. Some of these ads were for the best known nonconsensual “undress” or “nudify” services on the internet.

  • lengauEnglish
    14·
    8 months ago

    Theoretically any of these apps could be used with consent.

    In practice I can’t imagine that would be a particularly large part of their market…

    • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      81·
      8 months ago

      Now I have this image of an OnlyFans girl who just fake nudes all her pictures. Would make doing public nudity style pictures a lot easier.

      • lengauEnglish
        4·
        8 months ago

        Y’know, as long as she’s open about it that would be a great use of the tech.

    • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      8 months ago

      “hey send me some nudes!”

      “Ugh… I’m already on the couch in my pajamas. Here’s a pic of me at the coffee shop today, just use the app, it’s close enough.”