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GitHub Censors "Sexually Obscene" DeepNude Code

posted by martyb on Thursday July 11 2019, @01:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the information-wants-to-be-[clothing]-free dept.

takyon writes:

Github is banning copies of 'deepfakes' porn app DeepNude

GitHub is banning code from DeepNude, the app that used AI to create fake nude pictures of women. Motherboard, which first reported on DeepNude last month, confirmed that the Microsoft-owned software development platform won't allow DeepNude projects. GitHub told Motherboard that the code violated its rules against "sexually obscene content," and it's removed multiple repositories, including one that was officially run by DeepNude's creator.

DeepNude was originally a paid app that created nonconsensual nude pictures of women using technology similar to AI "deepfakes." The development team shut it down after Motherboard's report, saying that "the probability that people will misuse it is too high." However, as we noted last week, copies of the app were still accessible online — including on GitHub.

Late that week, the DeepNude team followed suit by uploading the core algorithm (but not the actual app interface) to the platform. "The reverse engineering of the app was already on GitHub. It no longer makes sense to hide the source code," wrote the team on a now-deleted page. "DeepNude uses an interesting method to solve a typical AI problem, so it could be useful for researchers and developers working in other fields such as fashion, cinema, and visual effects."

Also at The Register, Vice, and Fossbytes.

Previously: "Deep Nude" App Removed By Developers After Brouhaha

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  • (Score: 2) by J053 on Friday July 12 2019, @02:14AM (3 children)

    by J053 (3532) <{dakine} {at} {shangri-la.cx}> on Friday July 12 2019, @02:14AM (#866074) Homepage
    Dude, MSFT didn't acquire the Linux Foundation in 2016, they joined as a Platinum Member.
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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday July 12 2019, @02:16PM (2 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 12 2019, @02:16PM (#866228) Journal

    Yes, I am aware of how it was described in all of the industry tirade publications.

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    • (Score: 2) by J053 on Monday July 15 2019, @11:30PM (1 child)

      by J053 (3532) <{dakine} {at} {shangri-la.cx}> on Monday July 15 2019, @11:30PM (#867365) Homepage
      Right. I'm sure that Google, AT&T, IBM, Qualcomm, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Oracle and NEC just sat back and let Microsoft "acquire" the foundation from them. Methinks you need to adjust your tinfoil hat a bit.

      • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday July 16 2019, @02:05PM

        by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday July 16 2019, @02:05PM (#867553) Journal

        I use two layers of tin foil when fashioning my headwear.

        Yes, I know that Microsoft joined The Linux Foundation. I still don't believe that Microsoft wouldn't do anything it could to destroy both open source and Linux the first chance it gets. Yes, Microsoft appears to have changed since the Ballmer era. I still don't trust them.

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        Every performance optimization is a grate wait lifted from my shoulders.