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VOICE ARCHIVE

Matthew DeVerna

@mdeverna2
12 posts
2026-02-02
🚨 New working paper 🚨 What happens when you add money + competition to generative AI creation? On Civitai—a prominent platform for gen-AI content/tools w. millions of users—you get a growing marketplace for NSFW requests and a nontrivial stream of deepfakes. [image]
2026-02-02 View on X
MIT Technology Review

Researchers detail how AI tools for generating deepfakes spread on Civitai before it banned deepfakes in 2025; many tools submitted before the ban remain live

Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz …

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Civitai runs a monetized feature called Bounties: users post paid requests—via “buzz” (worth real money)—and others compete to fulfill them. We analyze all bounty requests collected over a 14-month period following the platform's launch—especially NSFW content and deepfakes. [image]
2026-02-02 View on X
MIT Technology Review

Researchers detail how AI tools for generating deepfakes spread on Civitai before it banned deepfakes in 2025; many tools submitted before the ban remain live

Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz …

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We also find that platform governance is inconsistent. Civitai displays a ‘real person likeness’ notice on 86% of SFW deepfake bounties, but that figure drops to just 58% for NSFW bounties. [image]
2026-02-02 View on X
MIT Technology Review

Researchers detail how AI tools for generating deepfakes spread on Civitai before it banned deepfakes in 2025; many tools submitted before the ban remain live

Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz …

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Deepfakes are a non-negligible slice of the marketplace, with hundreds of bounties requesting deepfakes of real people and some that are explicitly NSFW. Targets are overwhelmingly women (90% for SFW; 96% for NSFW) and skew towards public figures (actors/actresses/influencers). [image]
2026-02-02 View on X
MIT Technology Review

Researchers detail how AI tools for generating deepfakes spread on Civitai before it banned deepfakes in 2025; many tools submitted before the ban remain live

Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz …

View original
We find this marketplace is dominated by “LoRAs” (low-rank adaptations): lightweight, reusable adapters that “steer” model outputs towards a specific “look” (e.g., a person). Also, demand for NSFW content has been growing and has made up a *majority* of requests since late 2024. [image]
2026-02-02 View on X
MIT Technology Review

Researchers detail how AI tools for generating deepfakes spread on Civitai before it banned deepfakes in 2025; many tools submitted before the ban remain live

Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz …

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Participation in requesting bounties is concentrated, with the top 20% of requesters driving ~50% of all bounties. [image]
2026-02-02 View on X
MIT Technology Review

Researchers detail how AI tools for generating deepfakes spread on Civitai before it banned deepfakes in 2025; many tools submitted before the ban remain live

Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz …

View original
2026-02-01
Civitai runs a monetized feature called Bounties: users post paid requests—via “buzz” (worth real money)—and others compete to fulfill them. We analyze all bounty requests collected over a 14-month period following the platform's launch—especially NSFW content and deepfakes. [image]
2026-02-01 View on X
MIT Technology Review

Researchers detail how AI tools for generating deepfakes proliferated on Civitai before it banned them in 2025; many tools submitted before the ban remain live

Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz …

View original
We also find that platform governance is inconsistent. Civitai displays a ‘real person likeness’ notice on 86% of SFW deepfake bounties, but that figure drops to just 58% for NSFW bounties. [image]
2026-02-01 View on X
MIT Technology Review

Researchers detail how AI tools for generating deepfakes proliferated on Civitai before it banned them in 2025; many tools submitted before the ban remain live

Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz …

View original
Deepfakes are a non-negligible slice of the marketplace, with hundreds of bounties requesting deepfakes of real people and some that are explicitly NSFW. Targets are overwhelmingly women (90% for SFW; 96% for NSFW) and skew towards public figures (actors/actresses/influencers). [image]
2026-02-01 View on X
MIT Technology Review

Researchers detail how AI tools for generating deepfakes proliferated on Civitai before it banned them in 2025; many tools submitted before the ban remain live

Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz …

View original
We find this marketplace is dominated by “LoRAs” (low-rank adaptations): lightweight, reusable adapters that “steer” model outputs towards a specific “look” (e.g., a person). Also, demand for NSFW content has been growing and has made up a *majority* of requests since late 2024. [image]
2026-02-01 View on X
MIT Technology Review

Researchers detail how AI tools for generating deepfakes proliferated on Civitai before it banned them in 2025; many tools submitted before the ban remain live

Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz …

View original
Participation in requesting bounties is concentrated, with the top 20% of requesters driving ~50% of all bounties. [image]
2026-02-01 View on X
MIT Technology Review

Researchers detail how AI tools for generating deepfakes proliferated on Civitai before it banned them in 2025; many tools submitted before the ban remain live

Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz …

View original
🚨 New working paper 🚨 What happens when you add money + competition to generative AI creation? On Civitai—a prominent platform for gen-AI content/tools w. millions of users—you get a growing marketplace for NSFW requests and a nontrivial stream of deepfakes. [image]
2026-02-01 View on X
MIT Technology Review

Researchers detail how AI tools for generating deepfakes proliferated on Civitai before it banned them in 2025; many tools submitted before the ban remain live

Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz …

View original