Hugging Face Hosts Thousands of AI Models for Recreating Real Faces, Raising Ethical Concerns
Summary
Hugging Face hosts over 5,000 AI models capable of recreating real faces, raising ethical concerns after their migration from Civitai, a platform used for nonconsensual pornography.
Key Points
- Hugging Face hosts over 5,000 AI image generation models designed to recreate the likeness of real people.
- These models were previously hosted on Civitai, a platform used for creating nonconsensual pornography, until Civitai banned them.
- Users downloaded the models from Civitai and reuploaded them to Hugging Face as part of a community effort to archive them.