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Deepfake ‘Nudify’ Technology Is Getting Darker—and More Dangerous

Matt Burgess

created: Jan. 26, 2026, 11:30 a.m. | updated: Jan. 28, 2026, 11:55 p.m.

Open the website of one explicit deepfake generator and you’ll be presented with a menu of horrors. Over the past year, WIRED has tracked how multiple explicit deepfake services have introduced new functionality and rapidly expanded to offer harmful video creation. Meanwhile, on Telegram, dozens of sexual deepfake channels and bots have regularly released new features and software updates, such as different sexual poses and positions. A WIRED review found more than 1.4 million accounts were signed up to 39 deepfake creation bots and channels on Telegram. After WIRED asked Telegram about the services, the company removed at least 32 of the deepfake tools.

1 week ago: WIRED