I’ve spent some time digging into this, partly out of professional interest (I work with ML models, though not in this niche) and partly because I wanted to understand what people are actually reacting to. Most undress AI tools rely on diffusion or GAN-based image generation. The key thing is that the original image is more of a reference than a source. The system detects pose, body outlines, lighting, and perspective, then generates a new image that statistically fits those constraints based on its training data.
What many users don’t realise is that no “hidden layers” are revealed. If the AI wasn’t trained on a wide variety of similar poses and body types, results get weird fast: distorted anatomy, unnatural textures, or inconsistent lighting. I tested a few platforms out of curiosity, including
https://clothoff.ai/ , and noticed that accuracy depends heavily on image quality and pose clarity. Side angles or busy backgrounds confuse the model.
Another point worth mentioning is preprocessing. These tools often use segmentation models first to identify clothing vs body regions, then feed that data into a generator. That’s why loose clothing or overlapping objects tend to break results. From a tech perspective, it’s impressive but very fragile, and definitely not “magic” in the way it’s sometimes portrayed online.