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How AI nudify apps are proliferating on social media

Jul 27, 2026 · 6m

Summary

Marketplace Tech investigates how AI apps creating non-consensual nude images have become a multi-million dollar industry, promoted widely on major social media platforms. Host Megan McCarty Carino speaks with Sina Laubenstein from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue about their report finding hundreds of sites and ads for these tools. The discussion covers platform responses, legal challenges under the Take It Down Act, and calls for stricter oversight of app stores and payment processors.

Topics discussed

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