San Francisco Sues 16 Sites Over Deepfake Porn

San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu has filed a landmark lawsuit against 16 websites that use AI to create non-consensual nude images of women and girls. These sites, visited over 200 million times in the first half of 2024, use AI models trained on pornographic and child abuse images to generate deepfake pornography. The lawsuit alleges violations of state and federal laws, including deepfake pornography, revenge pornography, and child pornography, as well as California's Unfair Competition Law. Chiu aims to shut down these sites and impose civil penalties of $2,500 per violation. The deepfake images have been used to extort, bully, and humiliate victims, many of whom have no recourse to control or remove the images. This legal action is part of a broader effort to address the exploitation and abuse facilitated by AI technology.