CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 28 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
The AFP is urging parents and carers to have open and non-judgemental conversations with their children about the dangers and harms caused by using artificial intelligence (AI) following an increase in the use of AI to create child abuse material.
The AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) has witnessed an increase in the use of AI-generated child abuse material in the past year, including a rise in students creating material such as deepfakes for a variety of reasons, including to harass or embarrass classmates.
The growing extent of the problem was highlighted by the imprisonment of two Australian men last year, one of which...