San Francisco city attorney David Chiu sent cease-and-desist letters to Apple and Google demanding the removal of 13 AI-powered "nudify" apps from their app stores, accusing the companies of "aiding and abetting" the spread of nonconsensual intimate images. The action forms part of a wider campaign by Chiu against deepfake platforms, following an earlier lawsuit against 16 websites offering similar AI-driven image manipulation of women and girls, and highlights ongoing concerns that major tech platforms are profiting from and inadequately policing apps used to create nonconsensual explicit imagery.

Chiu argued that Apple and Google had likely earned substantial revenue from in-app payments linked to the offending apps and called for stronger store moderation. His claims were bolstered by an earlier report from the Tech Transparency Project, which found nudification apps regularly evading review, some actively promoted on the App Store and Google Play and several rated suitable for all ages. In response, a Google spokesperson said the company had removed hundreds of apps with nudification features, including five flagged directly by Chiu, and reaffirmed its ban on sexual content; Apple did not comment. The episode sits alongside broader industry pressure over deepfakes, including calls from Meta's Oversight Board for stronger user protections and multiple lawsuits against Elon Musk's xAI over nonconsensual deepfake content.