Ads for sleazy AI services that allow users to generate realistic synthetic video clips of real people kissing are flooding social media — the latest trend in the rise of easy-to-use generative AI tools blurring the lines of consent. Some of these many services advertise a tamer vision for their product, for example suggesting that users might use AI to create videos of their grandparents sharing a kiss. Most, though, immediately veer into dark territory, with advertisements and product webpages imploring users to leverage AI as a way to fabricate videos of themselves locking lips with an unwitting crush or former partner. The vibes are bad, like an ad on Instagram — circulating on X-formerly-Twitter and shown below — in which an app takes images of a girl with braces and an older man, and uses them to produce a video of the two wetly making out. In short, with the help of these apps, people can cheaply and easily generate deepfaked media depicting any two real subjects locked in intimate or even explicit scenarios. As for consent? It’s not required. Evil ad I got on Instagram pic.twitter.com/ekDI5pSY57 — Arthouse Shawn Levy (@firagawalkwthme) January 1, 2025 A proliferation of similar services are available via web browsers and mobile apps, available on the Android and iOS app stores, where the vast majority are listed as safe for teenagers. At least one — a service called Fotorama that’s listed as a “Kiss and Hug Video Generator” — is rated safe for people aged…Gross AI Apps Create Videos of People Making Out, Without Their Consent