Meta caught advertising an app that Apple had already removed from the App Store

This is about an AI tool that creates deepfake porn of real people — an "undresser" with one tap. WIRED found that Meta was running such ads, and one of them featured a woman who looked suspiciously like a well-known American politician. 🫣

Details: the app has already been removed, but the bad taste lingers. The story is telling — neural networks are learning to undress anyone, and moderation on social networks and app stores is clearly not keeping up with progress. Apple usually bans such things quickly, but the hole in Meta's advertising is gaping.

While lawyers are scratching their wigs, iPhone owners can breathe a sigh of relief: such apps really are being cleaned out, just not always instantly. And if your phone has been acting strangely after installing something suspicious — we have something to say about that. 💪