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Stable Diffusion Abused by 4chan Users to Deepfake Celebrity Porn

August 17, 2022

Stable Diffusion, an open-source image generation model by Stability AI, was reportedly leaked on 4chan prior to its release date, and was used by its users to generate pornographic deepfakes of celebrities.
Alleged deployer
stability-ai
Alleged developer
stability-ai, runway, laion, eleutherai, compvis-lmu
Alleged harmed parties
stability-ai, deepfaked-celebrities

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