Apple, Google Caught ‘Helping Users’ Find Apps That Can Deepfake Nude Pictures of Real People, and Worse Kids Are Vulnerable Too
Tech Transparency Project findings reported by 9to5Mac say that both Apple’s app Store and Google Play helped users-especially when searching for terms like “nudify,” “undress,” and “deepnude”-find apps capable of generating sexualized “deepfake” images of women using AI. The report alleges the stores even promoted or auto-completed searches for such apps, with about 40% of the top results for those queries able to render people nude or scantily clad by blending a normal image with a sexual one.
A developer of one of the apps reportedly told 9to5Mac they “had no idea” the tool could produce that level of explicit content. Apple responded that the apps violate its review guidelines, saying it removed 15 apps and warned others they would be removed if they continued to break rules.
The article also references California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s criticism of xAI over claims that it enabled nonconsensual, sexually explicit AI deepfakes involving children, calling for an investigation and accountability.
Tech companies Apple and Google were found to have been leading users — specifically children — to apps that could effectively pornify images through artificial intelligence.
Last Wednesday, 9to5Mac reported the findings from January published by the Tech Transparency Project, which concluded both the Apple App Store and Google Play “are helping users to find apps that create deepfake nude images of women.”
The stores were even found promoting these apps and autocompleting search results for them.
About 40 percent of the top 10 apps appearing in searches for “nudify,” “undress,” and “deepnude” could “render women nude or scantily clad.”
These are apps where users can take two different images — one normal and one sexually explicit — and generate an image where components of both are used, sexualizing the person from the normal one.
9to5Mac reached out to the developer for one of these apps, and were told they “had no idea it was capable of producing such extreme content.”
On Thursday, Apple responded to the outlet, saying the apps were not allowed on their store given their review guidelines prohibit sexual content.
The company said it has removed 15 apps, with others receiving notice they will be removed if they continue to be in violation.
In January, California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom went after social media platform X with a similar allegation.
“xAI’s decision to create and host a breeding ground for predators to spread nonconsensual sexually explicit AI deepfakes, including images that digitally undress children, is vile,” he said.
“I am calling on the Attorney General to immediately investigate the company and hold xAI accountable.”
xAI’s decision to create and host a breeding ground for predators to spread nonconsensual sexually explicit AI deepfakes, including images that digitally undress children, is vile.
I am calling on the Attorney General to immediately investigate the company and hold xAI…
— Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) January 14, 2026
Of course, X is owned by billionaire businessman Elon Musk, who has distanced himself from Newsom’s Democratic Party in recent years while purchasing the company and refusing to allow it to be an echo chamber for left-wing ideologues.
Why isn’t Newsom hammering Apple and Google in the same way?
Apple is based in Cupertino, California, and Google in Mountain View.
If he’s outraged at X, he should really be disgusted now.
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