‘Not normal’: Concerns as celebs put digitised nudes on chat site

A new AI-generated chat platform that allows users to send explicit messages with digital “twins” of celebrities or influencers has been slammed by experts labelling it as an “OnlyFans for deepfakes” that objectifies women.

A new AI-generated chat platform that allows users to send explicit messages with digital “twins” of celebrities or influencers has been slammed by experts labelling it as an “OnlyFans for deepfakes” that objectifies women.

Former Married At First Sight contestant, Ines Basic, is among several others to join the subscriber-only website OhChat, which encourages living out “spicy fantasies” and having “uncensored” chats with AI-generated twins.

Basic’s profile, which has been openly promoted by her on her Instagram account, says her AI character is a “verified creator” that will go “completely nude”.

There is no suggestion that users are authorised to go further than that.

Ines Basic from Married At First Sight has been openly promoting OhChat on her Instagram account. Picture: Instagram

The website, which also features a small number of male profiles, has a function that allows the deepfake characters to be searched for by their “breast size”, “kinks” and “body type”.

It comes after The Sunday Telegraph revealed earlier this month that men were offering cash for explicit AI-generated images and videos of women in several sickening underground forums.

Melinda Tankard Reist, movement director for Collective Shout, a not for profit company against the objectification of women, said the website was being used as a tool to reduce women into being “pornified” sexual objects.

“It makes it harder for us to fight the deepfake industry because it promotes the idea that this is normal and this is what women want,” she said.

“This is actually OnlyFans for deepfakes,” she said, claiming it harms “all women”.

Cyber safety expert Susan McLean said she was “extremely concerned” that Instagram would allow this type of content to be promoted: “This normalises deepfakes and gives young people the belief that it’s harmless and a bit of fun and that no one is impacted – this is clearly wrong.”

“It’s unethical and disturbing that it’s on a mainstream platform,” she said.

Macquarie University criminologist Dr Vincent Hurley said websites offering explicit AI-generated content could influence young male attitudes towards women and that “could be adding to the proliferation of violence against women and girls.

“Explicit AI content only further fuels extreme incel views among men.” he said.

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