Summary
AI is increasingly exploited by criminals for fraud, cyberattacks, and child abuse, warns Alex Murray, UK’s national police lead for AI.
Deepfake scams, such as impersonating executives for financial heists, and generative AI used to create child abuse images or “nudify” photos for sextortion are rising concerns.
Terrorists may exploit AI for propaganda and radicalization via chatbots.
Murray urged urgent action as AI becomes more accessible, realistic, and widely used, predicting significant crime growth by 2029.
I’m gonna be really honest, I think a big part of what feels violating about people seeing your nudes in the first place is being sexualized without your consent, and losing agency over who you allow yourself to be sexualized by
That’s not any different with deepfakes. I don’t think that’d actually make that person feel much better. Like maybe they can save face on the fact that they took nudes depicting themselves in whatever way, but the thing that I think does the most emotional damage isn’t actually changed or affected by saying “it’s not actually me, those are deepfakes” :(