Illicit, sexually explicit deepfakes are becoming a problem in schools
Illicit, sexually explicit deepfakes are becoming a problem in schools  
Podcast: Marketplace Tech
Published On: Tue Oct 29 2024
Description: We know from various studies that young people are, unsurprisingly, using generative AI tools like chatbots and image generators, sometimes for homework, sometimes for fun and sometimes for malicious purposes. A recent survey from the Center for Democracy and Technology found that artificial intelligence is being used among high school students to create nonconsensual, illicit imagery — in other words, sexually explicit deepfakes. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Elizabeth Laird, director of equity in civic technology at CDT, to learn more.