A mother and her 14-year-old daughter are advocating for better protections for victims after AI-generated nude images of the teen and other female classmates were circulated at a high school in New Jersey.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, officials are investigating an incident involving a teenage boy who allegedly used artificial intelligence to create and distribute similar images of other students – also teen girls - that attend a high school in suburban Seattle, Washington.
The disturbing cases have put a spotlight yet again on explicit AI-generated material that overwhelmingly harms women and children and is booming online at an unprecedented rate. According to an analysis by independent researcher Genevieve Oh that was shared with The Associated Press, more than 143,000 new deepfake videos were posted online this year, which surpasses every other year combined.
I wonder what the prevalence of this kind of behavior is like in countries that aren’t so weird about sex.
This has nothing to do with “being weird about sex” and everything to do with men treating women poorly.
You can expect this to be worse in nations where women don’t have as many rights and/or where misogyny is accepted as part of life.
Sounds plausible, we just abolished Roe, so…. It’s not looking great for the future of this issue in the US.