India, Dec. 5 -- AI tools are making it easier to create and disseminate deepfake imagery, and a newstudyfrom Monash University has revealed insights into the experience of both victims and perpetrators of sexualised deepfake abuse.
The research,funded by the Australian Research Council, is the first of its kind to include interviews with both perpetrators and victims. It aimed to understand patterns in abuse in Australia and motivations, including how people who engage in these harms rationalise and minimise their actions.
The study's lead author Professor Asher Flynn, from the School of Social Sciences at Monash University and a Chief Investigator on the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Ag...