Bot Generated Fake Nudes Of Over 100,000 Women Without Their Knowledge, Says Report

Photo caption: The text messaging service Telegram was used to generate and share fake nudes. AFP via Getty Images. Article by Siladitya Ray, Forbes Business.

TOPLINE Around 104,852 women had their photos uploaded to a bot, on the WhatsApp-like text messaging app Telegram, which were then used to generate computer-generated fake nudes of them without their knowledge or consent, researchers revealed on Tuesday.

KEY FACTS These so-called “deepfake” images were created by an ecosystem of bots on the messaging app Telegram that could generate fake nudes on request, according to a report released by Sensity, an intelligence firm that specializes in deepfakes. […]

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