What is Undress AI? A Guide for Parents on Protecting Children from Its Dangers

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What is Undress AI? A Guide for Parents on Protecting Children from Its Dangers

As of August 26, 2025, the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has introduced powerful new tools, but also significant online safety risks. One of the most concerning examples for young people is “Undress AI,” a technology designed to cause serious harm. This guide provides parents and carers with the essential information needed to understand the threat and protect children.

 

What is ‘Undress AI’ or ‘Deepnude’ Technology?

Undress AI is a term for a category of generative AI tools, available as apps or websites, that digitally manipulate images to remove a person’s clothing. The resulting image, often called a “deepnude,” creates a realistic-looking but fake nude depiction of the individual.

Although the image is not authentic, it is created to appear real and can be used by perpetrators for malicious purposes, including sexual coercion (sextortion), cyberbullying, abuse, and revenge porn.

 

The Specific Risks ‘Undress AI’ Poses to Children and Teens

Children and young people face severe and distinct harms from this technology.

• Creation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM): When an image of a minor is used with these tools, the resulting deepnude is considered AI-generated CSAM. A report from the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) found over 11,000 such images on a single dark web forum.

• Unknowing Creation of Illegal Content: Driven by curiosity, a child might use one of these tools on a photo of themselves or a friend “for a laugh.” By creating and sharing this image, they are unknowingly creating and distributing illegal CSAM.
• Exposure to Inappropriate Content: The novelty and suggestive marketing of Undress AI tools can easily expose children to highly inappropriate, pornographic content.
• Severe Cyberbullying and Harassment: Perpetrators can use these fake nude images to bully, mock, or humiliate a peer, falsely claiming the victim sent the image themselves. Sharing these images is an illegal and abusive act.
• Privacy and Security Risks: Many “deepnude” websites are free, which may mean they have lax security. Any image uploaded to such a site, whether of the child or a friend, could be misused or stolen.

The Widespread Scale of ‘Undress AI’ Technology

Research shows that the use and promotion of these harmful AI tools are increasing dramatically.

• A report from Graphika highlighted a 2000% increase in spam links promoting Undress AI services in 2023.
• The same report found that just 34 of these providers received over 24 million unique visitors in a single month.
• This technology overwhelmingly targets girls and women. The IWF found that 99.6% of the AI-generated CSAM they investigated featured female children.

 

What UK Law Says About ‘Deepfake’ Intimate Images

The law is evolving to address this threat, but gaps remain.

• The Online Safety Act, which took effect in January 2024, made it illegal to share an AI-generated intimate image of a person without their consent.
• The Ministry of Justice has announced a new law that will make it illegal to create a sexually explicit deepfake image of an adult without their consent, with penalties including an unlimited fine.
• A key challenge is that prosecution often requires proving the perpetrator had the intention to cause harm, which can be difficult to establish in cour

 

How to Keep Children Safe from Undress AI

Parents and carers can take proactive steps to protect children from both using these tools and becoming victims of them.

• Have the First Conversation: Do not wait for your child to encounter this content. Talk to them early and often about online safety, appropriate content, consent, and healthy relationships. Explain that tools like this are designed to hurt people and are illegal.

• Set Website and App Limits: Use parental controls to block access to inappropriate websites and set content restrictions across your home broadband, mobile networks, and on all devices. This reduces the chance of a child stumbling upon harmful tools.
• Build Children’s Digital Resilience: Teach your child the skills to navigate the online world safely. This includes thinking critically about what they see, knowing how to report and block harmful content or users, and understanding when to come to you or another trusted adult for help.

 

Conclusion: Proactive Steps Are the Best Defense

Undress AI and deepnude technologies represent a serious and growing threat to the safety and well-being of children. The most effective defense is proactive engagement from parents and carers. By combining open and honest communication with technical safeguards and a focus on building digital resilience, you can empower your child to make safe choices online and protect them from this form of digital abuse.

This post What is Undress AI? A Guide for Parents on Protecting Children from Its Dangers first appeared on BitcoinWorld and is written by Keshav Aggarwal