A University of Florida research team with an eye on privacy and real-world impacts is working with government leaders and other universities to combat AI-based platforms that turn personal images into nude photos without consent.
The research recently earned international recognition with the NYU Center for Cybersecurity Awareness Week’s Social Impact award. It is designed to inform discussions around state and international legislation and engage industry partners to combat serious privacy invasions posed by generative AI.
Their paper, “Analyzing the AI Nudification Application Ecosystem,” was one of 11 finalists selected from 189 submissions to the Applied Research Competition. The research examined 20 popular websites that use artificial intelligence to generate nude or sexualized images from a single photo in under 30 seconds for only a few cents. The paper finds that most sites explicitly target women.