( July 28, 2026, 13:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Hugging Face, a top platform for hosting open-source AI models, enables tools for non-consensual intimate imagery, a report by research organization AI Forensics said on Tuesday. Despite Hugging Face’s own policies, which prohibit such content, the platform lacks prevention tools and safeguards, AI Forensics said. According to the investigation, almost three quarters of the requests made in the biggest Hugging Face spaces were sexual in nature. A total of 83 percent of those requests sought to sexualize a person, and 95 percent targeted women.Report attached....
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