Anonymous Post Sparks Concerns Over Malicious AI-Sexually Manipulated Cosplay Content
With the rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen-AI), malicious individuals have taken to these platforms to create sexually explicit material, primarily depicting women and children.
A recent post in the online selling and forum group "Cosplay Market PH" has raised concerns that malicious individuals are using cosplay events to capture source material for AI deepfakes.
Using the page’s anonymous posting feature, a user shared that an individual messaged them, threatening to leak explicit content. The user, who is a minor, clarified they had never produced such material. The victim added that the alleged perpetrator sent the fabricated images, which featured the victim's face, directly to their private messages.
In the post's comments, another individual shared an experience at a cosplay convention in Parañaque City. They claimed they were approached by someone who had AI-generated pornographic deepfake material set as their phone wallpaper. This led other users to suspect they might have interacted with the same perpetrator.
Kuhaku Media previously reported in December 2025 on the capabilities of Gen-AI software, like Elon Musk’s Grok AI, to remove complex watermarks and manipulate images.
These chatbots and Gen-AI platforms are widely available and require little to no technical expertise to use. Because of this, deepfake pornographic content can be easily shared and replicated, making it incredibly hard to regulate, according to the United Nations agency advancing women’s rights and gender equality.
In January 2026, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) ordered a takedown of Grok AI in the Philippines due to several regulatory lapses, specifically regarding the generation of non-consensual illicit deepfakes of women and minors. The order was lifted days later following X’s compliance with the Philippine government.
In March 2026, a Facebook user also gained the community’s spotlight after hosting a cosplay competition using prompts generated by AI.
Event organizers constantly remind participants to prioritize their safety and reiterate that attendees always have the right to decline being photographed or recorded by anyone without their consent.
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