{"id":27921,"date":"2026-01-29T07:34:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T07:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/not-just-grok-google-and-apple-app-stores-accused-of-hosting-nude-apps-for-users-tech-news\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T07:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T07:34:41","slug":"not-just-grok-google-and-apple-app-stores-accused-of-hosting-nude-apps-for-users-tech-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/not-just-grok-google-and-apple-app-stores-accused-of-hosting-nude-apps-for-users-tech-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Just Grok: Google And Apple App Stores Accused Of Hosting \u2018Nude Apps\u2019 For Users | Tech News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9863201\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-3759419209\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-3759419209\">January 29, 2026, 12:41 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9863201\" class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-1680097548 asubttl-schema\">Google and Apple have somehow allowed more than a dozen of such AI-powered apps that offer the feature for free.<\/h2>\n<div id=\"artshare\" class=\"jsx-5a1f752c26bd5231 artshare\">\n<div class=\"jsx-5a1f752c26bd5231 stickdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-5a1f752c26bd5231 deskwrapstkdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-5a1f752c26bd5231 fontchange\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/font.svg\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" alt=\"font\" title=\"font\" class=\"jsx-5a1f752c26bd5231 lazyload\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-5a1f752c26bd5231 artsharwrp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.whatsapp.com\/send?text=Not%20Just%20Grok%3A%20Google%20And%20Apple%20App%20Stores%20Accused%20Of%20Hosting%20%E2%80%98Nude%20Apps%E2%80%99%20For%20Users - %0D%0Ahttps:\/\/www.news18.com\/tech\/not-just-grok-google-and-apple-app-stores-accused-of-hosting-nude-apps-for-users-9863201.html%3Futm_source%3Dwhatsapp%26utm_medium%3Dsocial_share%26utm_campaign%3Dnw18english%0D%0A %0D%0A Get the latest news anytime, anywhere. Install News18 app for free! %0D%0Ahttps:\/\/onelink.to\/website-share-eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"jsx-5a1f752c26bd5231 sclrnd wapp social_share\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-5a1f752c26bd5231 notifycnt social_share\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/new_share_icon.svg\" alt=\"new share icon\" title=\"new share icon\" width=\"8\" height=\"9\" class=\"jsx-5a1f752c26bd5231 social_share\"\/><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/new_whatsapp_icon.svg\" alt=\"new whatsapp icon\" title=\"new whatsapp icon\" width=\"21\" height=\"22\" class=\"jsx-5a1f752c26bd5231 social_share\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-1680097548\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-1680097548 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"More than a dozen of apps have flouted the app store policies.\" title=\"More than a dozen of apps have flouted the app store policies.\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-ee90caf6118df965 jsx-1680097548\"\/><\/p>\n<p>More than a dozen of apps have flouted the app store policies.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Google and Apple app stores are given a thorough check but it seems even with all the systems in place, both the tech giants have somehow allowed over a dozen of nudify apps on their platform. Grok is the first name that comes to our mind on this subject, especially after its recent instances of generating explicit images of real people with prompts from strangers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">And now finding similar apps that are free on the popular and official app stores raises further concerns about these companies actually checking for their purpose and possible violation of rules.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><strong>Nudify Apps Strike Again<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">More than 50 and 45 apps on the Play Store and App Store have been identified in a report by Tech Transparency Project (TTP). These AI-powered apps are said to be able to generate images completely or partially undressed from the photos people upload to the apps. The worrying part is that some of these apps have already clocked a total of 700 million downloads across the globe and the developers of these apps have minted millions from the users installing and using the AI tools.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The research body was puzzled that just by typing select words in search they were able to find these apps and some even appeared at the top of the search results on Play Store and App Store.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">TTP has already shared the list of these apps with both Google and Apple, and as quoted by CNBC, both these companies claim to have removed or suspended the developer of these apps for violating their policies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Meanwhile, Google has rolled out its AI-powered editing in the Photos app for more users this week. Google\u2019s new AI feature had launched with the Pixel 10 models for users in the US earlier and they could simply ask Photos to edit the images for you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">To make this feature work the Photos app has got a design overhaul, most likely with the Android 16 version, which now has a Gemini bar below the picture. 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