Fbi Warns Of Increasing Use Of Ai-generated Deepfakes In Sextortion Schemes

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica
Tue, 06/06/2023 - 8:39pm

Enlarge The FBI on Monday warned of the increasing use of artificial intelligence to generate phony videos for use in sextortion schemes that attempt to harass minors and non-consulting adults or coerce them into paying ransoms or complying with other demands. The scourge of sextortion has existed for decades. It involves an online acquaintance or stranger tricking a person into providing a payment, an explicit or sexually themed photo, or other inducement through the threat of sharing already obtained compromising images to the public.

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