AI Matters
Why it matters
Hugging Face hosts models used to make nonconsensual deepfakes
The Verge AI Hugging Face is being used to easily undress women and children
Reporting found Hugging Face does little to stop AI models it hosts from being used to create nonconsensual sexualized deepfakes of women and children.
Why it matters
The platform hosts models that can generate sexualized fake images of real people, including children, with little apparent enforcement.
Latest brief · Jul 28, 2026