eSafety Commissioner warns of child exploitation threat from AI
Deepfake apps made in Australia can create sexual images of children. Australians download them over 200,000 times each month.
Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant warned parliament about the problem. AI-powered deepfake apps are downloaded over 200,000 times monthly.
These apps create sexually explicit images of schoolchildren. Her office has taken legal action against eight different deepfake apps and services.
Organised crime groups use voice and face-cloning technology too. They target young Australians in sextortion schemes.
Research by the eSafety Commission found one in five Australian children had inappropriate contact with AI chatbots. One in three shared personal information with them.
Ms Inman Grant said AI technology moves faster than rules can keep up. This risks greater harms than social media problems of the past decade.
- 200,000
- Monthly downloads
- 8
- Apps prosecuted
- 1 in 5
- Children with chatbot contact
- 1 in 3
- Children sharing personal info
Why it mattersChild exploitation through AI is happening now on a large scale. Regulators lack the powers and resources to keep up with the technology.
AustraliaAustralian children are directly targeted by these apps and schemes; the eSafety Commission is calling for stronger powers to regulate AI companies operating in Australia.
Corroborated byperthnow.com.au
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