The tool, which is called Kromix, bills itself as an “AI image styler.” A voice-over for one of the video advertisements, viewed by WIRED, promotes the tool as having “no restrictions,” saying “all the characters are real people” and describing it as “the AI that men actually use.” In one ad, a woman closely resembling a prominent female US politician is seen in front of a US flag and the flag of the president of the US above the caption “What if she moved?” She then winks, before the ad cuts to a scene of a woman with the same face performing in a pornographic video.
The Kromix app, which was hosted by Apple’s App Store prior to a request for comment from WIRED, invites paid users to upload photos so that it can use them in scenarios including “bedroom rape” and “Disney love.” Videos on the app also feature AI-generated pornographic videos of women wearing Spider-Man costumes. Requests for comment sent to a contact listed in the app went unanswered.
saying “all the characters are real people” and describing it as “the AI that men actually use.”
invites paid users to upload photos so that it can use them in scenarios including “bedroom rape” and “Disney love.”
Okay, seriously, what the fuck is this timeline? What is going on?
I’m scared. I need an adult.
Pretty normal thing for Meta to do, isn’t it?
The Kromix app, which was hosted by Apple’s App Store prior to a request for comment from WIRED,
Apple has struggled to keep similar tools, which violate its policies against nonconsensual intimate imagery, nudifying, and sexually explicit content, off the App Store.
In January, as Grok was used to create around 3 million sexualized images of women and girls, officials in Sweden, England, and Northern Ireland were targeted by people using the technology, often using official images as a starting point.
Yes, this isn’t surprising for Meta to allow with no oversight, but it’s not just Meta. This shit is everywhere. And if we don’t keep calling it out, if we don’t keep pushing back and asking why it’s there, why it’s allowed, it will continue.
