Apr 30, 2026 6:30 AM

These Men Allegedly Profit Off Teaching People How to Make AI Porn

Three Arizona women have filed a lawsuit against a group of men that alleges they used the women’s photos to make AI porn influencers, then offered online courses showing others how to do it.

A little over a year ago, MG was leading the relatively normal life of a twentysomething in Scottsdale, Arizona. She worked as a personal assistant and supplemented her income by waiting tables on the weekends. Like most women her age, she had an Instagram account, where she’d occasionally post Stories and photos of herself getting matcha and hanging out by the pool with her friends, or going to Pilates.

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Ej Dickson is a senior culture writer at WIRED, focusing on internet culture. Previously, she was a senior writer at the Cut at New York magazine, and she was also a senior writer for Rolling Stone. She is the author of the book One Bad Mother: In Praise of Psycho ... Read More

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