Calls grow to ban AI ‘nudify’ tools over child abuse and deepfake image fears

Coimisiún na Meán, said it was 'engaging' with the European Commission, which was responsible for the oversight of the large social media platforms, such as X. Picture: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg

The Government needs to ban AI 'nudify' tools if it wants to stop the creation of child sexual abuse imagery and the undressing of women by AI technology, various groups and experts have said.

They said this requires a shift in the criminal laws, from currently focusing only on users of the technology to create the images to include the technology itself and the platforms providing it.