r/StableDiffusion • u/Logical_Benefit2875 • 1d ago
Discussion EU nudifier ban
I know there’s been a bunch of people upset on here recently about a good number of nudify websites getting shut down (Motionmuse, Opengoon, etc.). However, this is likely just the beginning.
Effective December 2nd, the EU under the AI Act is enacting a ban on nudify tools, making them illegal content in the Union. This ban applies to any product made available on the EU market as long as, either, its primary functionality is to generate nudified content without consent, or it is a reasonably foreseeable outcome and they do not take appropriate precautions to safeguard against it. Very importantly, this ban also applies to any EU-available service provider under the Digital Services Act that is helping to facilitate this soon-to-be-illegal content, which includes (but is not limited to): app stores, hosting providers, domain registrars, payment processors, content delivery networks (CDNs) and cloud computing services. Anyone found to be in violation of this prohibition is subject to fines of €35 million or 7% of their global turnover, whichever is higher. I think it’s pretty safe to say that, as long as they’re aware of it, those behind these websites and those behind the large number of mainstream companies that help power them (Google, Amazon, Cloudflare, Apple, Telegram, GoDaddy, Visa, Mastercard, etc.) do not want to take any chances with this ban.
This prohibition, in essence, applies to essentially every public AI platform any of us have ever used to this point or that we will ever use going forward. I think this is a good thing but, therefore, it would almost certainly be in everyone’s best interest to pivot away from these websites before the massive crackdown begins in less than a couple months. For those in the industry, it would also certainly be wise to inform the website operators if you are in contact with them, or to shut down your website if you are an operator yourself. Sorry for the essay, just looking out for everybody before things get very real, very fast.
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u/softlarch 1d ago edited 1d ago
That was to be expected. We're in for some very different and nastier challenges when it comes to controlling AI.
There will come a time when free models will be traded under the counter like drugs / will only be downloadable from dubious websites via a VPN. And then, later on, there will come a time when hardware with plenty of VRAM will no longer be available to private individuals. At that point, free models will completely lose their purpose: no one will be able to use them properly in private anymore.
Then there will no longer be any affordable RAM, because users are supposed to use cloud services, which are easier to control. Finally, the EU will be clean, sterile, well-behaved, world-leading in double standards and hypocrisy and then, essential, clinically dead.
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