What the term means
Unlawful AI is not one product. In EU texts it usually points at prohibited AI practices: systems that may not be placed on the Union market, put into service, or used for listed purposes. The original list is Article 5 of the AI Act (social scoring, untargeted face scraping, certain biometric uses, and others).
From 2 December 2026, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 adds two more bans that matter for NCII:
- AI that generates or manipulates realistic images, video, or audio of an identifiable person’s intimate parts, or of that person in a sexually explicit act, without that person’s explicit consent
- AI that generates or manipulates child sexual abuse material
Who the ban targets
Putting a system on the market is prohibited when that intimate generation is the intended purpose, or when it is a reasonably foreseeable, reproducible outcome and the provider has not built adequate safeguards. Using a system is prohibited when the deployer uses it for that purpose. The rule is aimed at tools and at people who use them to undress a real, identifiable adult without consent — not at every fictional drawing.
How it differs from other labels
- Unlawful / prohibited is a legal status for a practice or a product in the EU. Authorities can stop it being sold or used as listed.
- Undesired content detection is a classifier that scores “sexual / hate / violence.” It is a filter, not a court order. See Undesired content detection.
- Hashing (PDQ, MD5) matches a known file. AntiNCII does that on your device. It does not enforce Article 5.
A lawful-looking general image model with weak safeguards can still fall under the “reasonably foreseeable” limb. A dedicated nudify site is the easy case. Grey tools, open models, and a PC at home are harder for any regulator to reach the same way. That gap does not make the harm smaller.
What a ban cannot do for you
- It does not wipe copies already on Telegram, forums, or search results
- It does not replace in-app reports or a case you open yourself
- It is not worldwide criminal law; other countries use different statutes
- AntiNCII is not the EU AI Office and cannot fine a vendor for you
What AntiNCII does instead
If you are an adult and someone made or shared an intimate image of you — including a synthetic one — you can create a case. The file stays on your device. We may share a fingerprint with participating platforms and send reports. Removal is never guaranteed. First-day steps: New victims: Please read first.