The alarming rise of AI ‘nudify’ apps that create explicit images of real people

Hundreds of AI apps and sites can now easily make fake pornography from photos of anyone, including children. Three women in Minneapolis tell CNBC how a close friend made explicit imagery of them using a “nudify” tool. Often marketed as simple face-swappers, they’re all over, from the Apple and Google app stores to ads on Facebook and Instagram. It’s legal to create nonconsensual fake nudes, but now a group of friends is trying to change that. Warning: This story contains sensitive content.