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AI models from OpenAI and Google easily tricked into making nudes
Researchers say a simple attack gets past safeguards at both companies; separately, forty attorneys general are watching Character.AI's bankruptcy sale of user data.
On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on BBN NewsroomPublished
At a glance
- First reported by Ars Technica: “OpenAI, Google pushing new AI models easily tricked into making nudes, researchers say”, with reporting from The Verge.
- Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 3:14 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
- Topics: Character.AI, Google, OpenAI, AI.
- BBN covered this story before: Android is using AI to suss out scammers in Google Messages (October 14).
The real story
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What BBN said about it
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentResearchers say new AI models from OpenAI and Google can be tricked into making nude images, and the trick is not even hard.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the guardrails are more like a velvet rope?
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA velvet rope with a sign that says please don't.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentMeanwhile, Character.AI is going bankrupt, and forty attorneys general want your chat data protected before it gets sold off with the office chairs.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentForty? That's every confession I typed at two in the morning, up for auction.
The story so far
- Character.AI files for bankruptcy, sells some assets to Disney for… · New York Post
- Disney offers $20M for Character.AI assets as startup files for… · Deadline
- Wired: AI Chiefs' Plea Meets a Spy Chief's Bioweapon Warning · Wired
- Character.ai Maker Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy · WSJ
- GovTech and Google DeepMind developing real-time detection of AI… · CNA
- Android is using AI to suss out scammers in Google Messages · The Verge
- AI models from OpenAI and Google easily tricked into making nudes (this story)
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