Hugging Face Has a Deepfake Nudes Problem
A report by AI Forensics found that many image editing models on Hugging Face can easily generate nonconsensual deepfake nudes. Testing showed that a majority of user prompts were sexual, primarily targeting women, with a small portion aimed at children. Hugging Face’s current moderation mechanisms appear insufficient to prevent this misuse.
- ▪AI Forensics tested nine top image editing Spaces on Hugging Face, and seven could turn a clothed image of a woman into a topless one.
- ▪In a honey‑pot experiment, 73% of the more than 1,000 prompts received were sexual in nature, with 83% seeking to undress the subject.
- ▪95% of the sexual requests targeted women, and 6.7% appeared to target children.
- ▪Researchers noted that the models lacked platform‑level safeguards, leaving moderation to individual developers.
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Matt BurgessSecurityJul 28, 2026 1:30 AMHugging Face Has a Deepfake Nudes ProblemResearchers tested top image editing models on Hugging Face and found they could easily create explicit deepfakes—and 1,000 image editing prompts show how people use the software.Photo-Illustration: Jobanny Cabrera; Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyEver so slowly, the crackdown on harmful sexual deepfakes is taking hold. Over the past few months, US law enforcement officials have seized deepfake hosting websites, while the EU and UK have drawn up plans to ban “nudify” apps by the end of the year.
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