San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores
2026-07-18T08:52:08Z•22857f8fe21409b36903b8b07d2f239d9efb1c1db63efea345dc1b66a330c5b2
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What happened
A collection of WIRED security stories highlighting a wave of AI-driven privacy and security harms, large-scale surveillance exposures, and significant data- and policy risks. Items range from cities pushing Apple/Google to remove “nudify” face‑swap apps and reporting on controversial face‑recognition systems to leaks of police drone footage, a long‑missed Linux root bug found by AI, Pegasus spyware and other targeted surveillance, multiple data exposures and breaches (Dialog, LastPass, Pentagon dialog data), abuses tied to license‑plate readers and venue databases, and troubling uses of AI (e
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