Ghost gun proliferation spurs crackdown at Thingiverse, the world's largest 3D printer model file repository — lawmakers also ask 3D printer vendors to create AI-based systems to detect and block gun prints

Thingiverse is implementing an automated system to help stop the spread of gun-related uploads on the platform after the NYPD found hundreds of files for 3D-printed weapons.

https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/ghost-gun-proliferation-spurs-crackdown-at-thingverse-the-worlds-largest-3d-printer-model-design-repository-lawmakers-also-ask-3d-printer-vendors-to-create-ai-based-systems-to-detect-and-block-gun-prints

Created 4h | Jul 20, 2025, 3:50:04 PM

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