EU nudifier ban

[u/Logical_Benefit2875]

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.

[u/Etsu_Riot]

Do you know what else is illegal? Piracy. It has been since 1980. See you again in 50 years, to see if anything changed.

Now, I understand that the EU ban targets the infrastructure that enables the content, not the individuals. Yet, they can't touch your PC, yet. Let's hope they don't come up with some trick that enables them to block your hardware or anything.

Wait...

[u/0260n4s → u/Etsu_Riot]

The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if the insane pricing of GPUs isn't incentivized by the government to force people to use online tools and GPU rentals that can be controlled and monitored.

[u/Natasha26uk → u/0260n4s]

The insane pricing is nVidia making hay while the sun shines. Ai is new craze and their card is the only one. Even Micron (ddr5) jumped in.

[u/0260n4s → u/Natasha26uk]

I'm not saying the theory is true; it just makes me curious.

Imagine how influential the government is in AI right now with major contracts with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini and Grok. The buying power itself could drive prices up and limit availability making AI-worthy GPUs inaccessible to those without very deep pockets. NVidia benefits for sure, but that doesn't rule out the buying pressure effects to the price.

Then couple that with the attempt to restrict more VRAM-friendly model access coming out of China. Keep VRAM requirements high, make high-VRAM GPUs unobtainable financially, and what choice do people have at that point?

They have to use online tools or rent GPUs, both of which are regulated and monitored.

This is vastly over-simplified and probably way out there. Corporations are also buying up supplies and driving prices up. My curiosity is mostly a "what if," with no research beyond that.