The city of San Francisco has ordered Apple and Google to remove dozens of “nudification” apps (software programs that can digitally alter images to undress the people in them) from their app stores. California law criminalizes any activity that “knowingly facilitates” or “recklessly aids or abets” the creation of non-consensual deepfake pornography. In 2025, California
Google’s SynthID system has been used to debunk a high-profile AI-generated fake image, in a rare but significant victory for the system. Earlier this week, an image circulated online that appeared to show Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell covered in tubes in a hospital bed in a state of extreme distress. The image was widely shared
