AI nudification apps capable of generating depictions of sexual assault and rape are freely available on Apple’s App Store, according to investigative reporting.
Explicit Deepfake Software Available on the Apple App Store
Artificial intelligence nudification applications that let users upload personal photos to generate non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes are freely available to download on Apple’s App Store. The creation of sexually explicit deepfakes has been illegal in the UK since Elon Musk’s Grok AI tool was utilized to digitally strip victims of their clothes, an incident that prompted widespread public outrage. Furthermore, pornography depicting sexual assault and rape has been illegal in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland since 2015.
Despite these legal prohibitions, investigations uncovered multiple apps designed to digitally strip photos hosted openly on consumer platforms. One specific application allowed users to upload images into pre-set scenarios including bedroom rape, accompanied by graphic videos depicting the scenarios. The software listed dozens of additional AI-generated scenarios and permitted users to input custom instructions for creating graphic scenes.
The application was offered as a free download before monetizing its features. It advertised membership plans priced at $10.83 per month and encouraged user retention through daily check-in rewards labeled as gifts. Following external flagging, the specific application was removed from the marketplace.
Apple declined to comment directly on the individual listings but pointed toward its established marketplace guidelines. The company stated that its terms of service strictly prohibit overtly sexual or pornographic material, which it defines as explicit descriptions or displays of sexual organs or activities intended to stimulate erotic feelings rather than aesthetic or emotional responses. Additional guidelines stipulate that applications should not include content that is offensive, insensitive, upsetting, intended to disgust, in exceptionally poor taste, or just plain creepy.
According to platform representatives, several of the flagged apps introduced violating features through subsequent updates after passing initial reviews. These findings mirror an investigation conducted earlier in the year by the Tech Transparency Project, which identified 47 AI nudify apps available for download within the United States version of the App Store.
Legal Action and Advocacy Demands for Accountability
The proliferation of these tools follows intense public scrutiny of generative AI models. Following incidents involving X’s Grok tool earlier in the year, creating or requesting non-consensual deepfake images of adults became explicitly illegal in the UK. Labour MP Jess Asato, who was personally targeted by widely shared sexualised deepfake images, has launched legal action against xAI for damages.
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“There are plenty of tools with strong safeguards that don’t accept requests for nudification or sexualisation, so where they do, like with Grok, it isn’t an accident it’s a choice and we need accountability. Nobody should live in fear that their image can be sexualised and shared around the world by an AI tool, which is why I am pursuing legal action to prove responsibility and stop AI abuse.”
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Jess Asato, Labour MP, via The Independent
Ms Asato added that women and children were facing widespread harm because app creators allow it to happen. Advocacy organizations have echoed these warnings regarding the societal impacts of unmitigated generative software.
“The abuse imagery created on these apps allow and even encourage individuals to role-play violent and dehumanising acts against women. This has a desensitising effect and normalises violence against women and girls. The images created are also directly used to intimidate, threaten and harass women.”
Janaya Walker, interim director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW), via The Independent
Janaya Walker emphasized that tech corporations maintain legal duties regarding violent, harmful, and illegal content. Advocacy groups are pressing regulatory bodies, including Ofcom and the UK government, to enforce legally binding requirements for safety-by-design to prevent foreseeable harms across digital ecosystems.
