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Civitai, Site Used to Generate #AI #Porn , Cut Off by Credit Card Processor

#Civitai , an AI model sharing site backed by #AndreessenHorowitz ( #a16z ) …has repeatedly shown is being used to generate #nonconsensual adult content, lost access to its credit card payment processor.

… the site will “pause” CC payments starting May 23. At that time, users will no longer be able to buy “Buzz,” the on-site currency users spend to generate images, or start new memberships.

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404 Media · Civitai, Site Used to Generate AI Porn, Cut Off by Credit Card ProcessorCivitai, a huge platform for sharing AI models and generating videos and images, has been cut off from its payment processor.

Big drama at #CIVITAI, The premium #AISlop hosting site.
Civitai is THE #LORA (#GenAI) model repo.

Payment processors like Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Stripe, and PayPal have banned transactions in the past related to pornography or sex work on the basis of "reputation risk" and it looks like their morality tentacles reached Civitai.

Content Control Through Financial Gatekeeping: Because banks and payment processors control the flow of money, they can indirectly dictate what content is monetizable on the internet. This "financial censorship" is a form of privatized control where banks affect ultra conservative ideology. What Musk and #Maga cohorts would call "Sexual Degeneracy"

Isn't it great when the forces of evil (#finance) and #luddites (who let me be swift in saying are the good guys) combine to fight against AI ?!!!

There is so much that's awful about every bit of this. One piece that stuck out to me: "Nonconsensual models and content of real people is allowed on Civitai as long as it’s not sexual" means Civitai will let someone make a model of me spewing bigotry, or of anyone else supporting something that's anathema to them. How is this remotely okay?

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404 Media · What It’s Like Finding Your Nonconsensual AI Clone OnlineAli Diamond captured the exact moment she found out someone had posted an AI model of her to Civitai without her consent.

AI clones of people are becoming a lot more common and a lot more worrying.

This one was taken down after Ali jumped through a bunch of hoops to prove her identity, but CivitAI currently only removes models if there is a complaint - they have no policy against creating models to impersonate real people.

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What It’s Like Finding Your Nonconsensual AI Clone Online
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404 Media · What It’s Like Finding Your Nonconsensual AI Clone OnlineAli Diamond captured the exact moment she found out someone had posted an AI model of her to Civitai without her consent.