Messenger app’s fake porn bot abusing thousands of women

Images of more than 100,000 people, some of whom appear to be under the age of 18 have been targeted by an AI-bot on the messaging app, Telegram. According to Daily Mail, pornographic deepfakes are being weaponised at an alarming scale with at least 104,000 women targeted by a bot operating on the messaging app Telegram since July. The bot is used by thousands of people every month who use it to create nude images of friends and family members, some of whom appear to be under the age of 18. As per reports, the bot has been sending out a gallery of new images to a channel on Telegram with more than 25,000 subscribers. “The still images of nude women are generated by an AI that ‘removes’ A separate Telegram channel that promotes the bot has more than 50,000 subscribers. It is believed that the actual number of women targeted by the deepfake bot is likely much higher than 104,000.