A platform promising “spicy AI chatting” has left nearly two million images and videos, many of which show private citizens, exposed to the public, 404 Media reports.
According to 404 Media, Secret Desires, an erotic chatbot and AI image generator, has left cloud storage containers of photos, women’s names and other personal information such as workplaces and universities unsecured.
This “mass leak” is the latest case of people using generative AI tools to turn innocent photos into non-consensual explicit deepfakes.
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Some of the photos and videos were taken from real influencers, public figures and non-famous women. The latter category includes Snapchat screenshots and at least one yearbook photo. Some of the exposed media included user-generated AI images, such as images created with the now-discontinued “FaceSwap” feature, which Secret Desire removed earlier this year.
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Like Character.AI or Replika, Secret Desire allows users to create AI personas and chat with them. While porn is not allowed on Characters.AI (and is only allowed for certain Replica users), Secret Desires says it “offers unlimited intimacy and connection” on its quick start guide.
As 404 Media found, AI-generated media found in vulnerable storage containers was mostly clean. Some file names included words such as “17-year-old”.
The company did not respond to 404 Media’s request for comment, but the files became inaccessible about an hour after publication reached them.
For years, women and girls have been victims of apparent deepfakes, which is AI-generated content. Many deepfakes are “faceswapped” likenesses of women on porn videos. This applies to celebrities like Taylor Swift as well as women who are not famous. This also happens with girls who create child sexual abuse material online.
This year, Congress passed the Take It Down Act to combat deepfake images. The law proved controversial, as many free speech and advocacy groups claim it could be weaponized against consensually explicit content or political speech.
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