eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant warns AI deepfake apps are being used to make sexual images of children

Key points

• Australia's online safety regulator has warned that AI-powered "nudify" apps are being used to create sexual images of children. Julie Inman Grant told a parliamentary inquiry in Sydney that these apps are downloaded by Australians more than 200,000 times a month.
• Her office has taken legal enforcement action against eight such apps and services. She warned that organised crime groups are using voice and face cloning in sextortion schemes targeting young Australian boys and men.
• She called for stronger regulation and greater powers for regulators, saying AI companies should not mark their own homework.