Recently, a virtual woman named Claudia appeared on Reddit. She was generated by the AI tool Stable Diffusion and her realism is shocking. Many Reddit users even paid for their AI-generated nude photos, sparking widespread concern. The editor of Downcodes will take you through the whole story of this incident, as well as the current development status and potential risks of AI technology it reflects.
Reddit users have reportedly been paying for fake, AI-generated nude photos of a woman.
Created by the artificial intelligence tool Stable Diffusion, the photos look so realistic that it's hard to tell them apart. The images first appeared on multiple Reddit forums a few months ago, attracting attention and comments from many users.
Beautiful photos generated by Stable Diffusion
One user even commented after seeing Claudia's photo: "You are so beautiful!" Another said: "Wow, you are so beautiful!"
Although some users began to doubt the authenticity of these photos and thought they looked too processed, there were still many people who were obsessed with the charm of this "beauty".
An informed user reminded everyone in the comments: "I have to ruin your fantasy, this is actually created by AI. If you have played with AI image models, you will see it at a glance."
According to Claudia's creators, they have made around $100 from selling the nude photos. In fact, the original purpose of this account was to test whether AI images could successfully deceive users.
They said: "You can think of this as the concept of virtual anchors. We create our own characters and perform in another identity entirely. I didn't expect it would attract such a big attention."
AI researchers pointed out that Claudia's photo does have some obvious AI-generated features, such as strange details in the background and hand blemishes. The emergence of these images marks the latest development in artificial intelligence diffusion modeling technology, which can generate completely new and realistic images of people.
It should be noted that Claudia first appeared in the r/amIhot subreddit. Later, in order to prevent similar incidents from happening, the subreddit began to require users to provide 10 to 15 seconds of video to verify their identity.
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?AI technology has made the virtual model “Claudia” a hot topic on Reddit.
?The creator has earned approximately $100 from selling nude photos of Claudia.
Reddit subreddit r/amIhot introduced authentication measures to prevent misleading users.
The Claudia incident not only demonstrated the progress of AI image generation technology, but also exposed its potential ethical and safety issues. How to identify images generated by AI and how to regulate the application of AI technology on social media are issues worthy of our consideration. This incident also reminds us that while enjoying the convenience brought by technological progress, we need to remain vigilant and view the development of AI technology rationally.