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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harriette Boucher

Graphic AI videos of women being murdered seen by thousands of people online

AI allows you to create violent content at the click of a button (stock image) - (PA Archive)

Graphic and violent videos of women being tortured and murdered are being created using Google’s AI generator and shared across the internet, intensifying concerns that the technology is fuelling misogynistic abuse.

One account on YouTube, called WomanShotA.I, uploaded dozens of such videos showing women pleading for their lives before being shot, which had garnered nearly 200,000 views since June. It was removed only after tech reporting site 404 Media alerted the platform.

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