Big tech and porn platforms are the real perpetrators behind 'sickening' deepfakes

Friday, Jun 14, 2024, 06:59 AM | Source: Pursuit

Gemma McKibbin, Jasmin Isobe, Jacqueline Kuruppu

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Last week, a teenage boy was arrested and released without charge for allegedly using artificial intelligence (AI) to create and distribute explicit deepfake images of around 50 female students at Bacchus Marsh Grammar in Victoria.

While the images have been described as “incredibly graphic” and “sickening” – they are also child sexual abuse.

University of Melbourne Researchers