ClothOff denudifier
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ClothOff is a web and smartphone-based app that invites people to 'undress anyone using AI' for approximately GBP 8.50 for 25 credits.
The app has been largely promoted using Telegram groups via a series of secretive companies in Delaware, Russia, New Zealand, the UK, and elsewhere.
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Operator:
Developer: Alaiksandr Babichau, Alexander German, Dasha Babicheva, Yevhen Bondarenko
Country: Belarus; Spain; USA
Sector: Media/entertainment/sports/arts
Purpose: Denudify women
Technology: Deepfake - image; Neural network; Deep learning; Machine learning
Issue: Ethics/values; Safety; Privacy
Transparency: Governance
Risks and harms 🛑
ClothOff has been criticised for posing a significant violation of privacy, including through its misuse in creating deepfake pornography, resulting in severe emotional distress.
Incidents and issues 🔥
AI-generated nude images of over twenty girls circulated in the town of Almendralejo in the Extremadura region of Spain, shocking the local community and prompting a police investigation.
Girls at Westfield High School in New Jersey, USA, were subjected to fake nude images of them being shared among other students, sparking uproar and prompting a police investigation.
Transparency and accountability 🙈
A February 2024 Guardian investigation revealed that ClothOff was being run by Belarusian Dasha Babicheva and her brother Alaiksandr Babichau,a dn had been using AI-generated images to cover the identifies.
Online video game marketplaces G2A and Skinsback was being used to collect payments for Clothoff and a number of similar platfirms, with the sales disguised as if they were for downloadable gaming content, according to an investigation by Bellingcat.
Legal, regulatory 👩🏼⚖️
European Parliament. Parliamentary question
Investigations, assessments, audits 🧐
The Guardian (2024). Revealed: the names linked to ClothOff, the deepfake pornography app
The Guardian (2024). Black Box: the hunt for ClothOff – the deepfake porn app
Bellingcat (2024). Behind a Secretive Global Network of Non-Consensual Deepfake Pornography
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Page info
Type: System
Published: February 2024
Last updated: May 2024