WIRED Finds ~400 Seemingly Ordinary AI Apps Hiding Abusive Deepfake Features

A WIRED investigation identified roughly 400 apps and websites, linked to Chinese-language developers, that present themselves as ordinary AI tools while concealing features for generating violent AI images and video. The report describes the hidden capabilities as enabling sexually abusive deepfake content. The findings point to a covert layer of abuse-oriented tooling distributed through otherwise mundane-looking consumer AI products.