undress-ai.aiwhat it was and what happened

What it was

undress-ai.ai was one of many websites using the "Undress AI" name to sell fake nude images of real people, generated by AI from uploaded photos. The Internet Archive first captured it in September 2024. It was a WordPress landing site that sent visitors to a separate web app. More than 1,300 of its page addresses also appear on undressingai.pro, which GetLatka profiles as Undress AI, and in both 2024 and 2025 the two sites linked to the same app.

The site sold prepaid image credits in packs from $6.99 to $39.99, payable by card or cryptocurrency. Its own FAQ conceded that using it on someone without consent "is illegal in many jurisdictions".

Is it still online?

No. In mid-2025 the homepage was replaced with a generic AI porn template, and the last archived copy dates from August 2025. As of October 2026 the domain is not registered: it does not resolve, and the .ai registry lists it as available.

Who was behind it?

The operator has not been publicly identified. Neither undress-ai.ai nor its sister site named a company, owner or address, and we found no regulator or court that has named one. Short-lived domains are common in this trade: Meta says nudify operators are "primarily financially motivated" and "quickly create new domain names to replace the websites we block".

How big is the business?

No figures exist for this site; the category has been measured. Graphika counted more than 24 million unique visitors to 34 such services in September 2023. Indicator reviewed 85 nudifier sites in July 2025 and estimated the business may be worth up to $36 million a year. In April 2026 the Tech Transparency Project found nudify apps in Apple and Google store searches with 483 million downloads and more than $122 million in lifetime revenue; both then removed some.

The crackdown

• The US TAKE IT DOWN Act (May 2025) made publishing non-consensual intimate images, real or AI-made, a federal crime.
• San Francisco's lawsuit against 16 leading sites, filed in August 2024, had taken 10 offline or out of reach in California by June 2025.
• Ofcom fined nudify-site operator Itai Tech Ltd in November 2025, and the UK government has promised to ban nudification tools.
• Australia's eSafety Commissioner pushed a major UK-based provider to withdraw its services from the country in November 2025.

Why it matters

The people targeted are mostly women and girls. In Australia, eSafety found students using such services to make fake nudes of their peers. In the UK, the Internet Watch Foundation says 19% of confirmed reports to its Report Remove helpline for young people between January and September 2025 involved digitally altered imagery, including from nudification apps.