Cases of extortion, primarily of minors, through fake nude images, continue to rise. This is a clear example of the misuse of artificial intelligence.

There are increasing reports of minors being victims of blackmail and extortion based on the publication of pornographic images that are not real; they have been generated using AI.

Dozens of these cases have ended in tragedy. The FBI has intervened, noting “a shocking increase in sextortion cases against minors in the United States, whose victims are typically youngsters between the ages of 14 and 17. This has led to an alarming number of suicides.”

This illicit activity can generate profits exceeding $36 million annually for the websites that distribute sexual content, and this involves the technological infrastructure of Google, Amazon, and Cloudflare.

Predators can use known methods ranging from hacking computers and cell phones to remotely manipulating the cameras on these devices.

Threats have increased not only in the United States but also throughout the rest of the world, as is the case in Spain, the United Kingdom, and Asia, where the respective governments have passed laws against this type of crime, with prison sentences for those involved.

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Source: DW

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The impersonation of a person’s image or voice in audiovisual content, known as deepfake, has increased considerably. In 2024, the most numerous cases have Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Taylor Swift as protagonists.

With the advancement of technology, particularly artificial intelligence, some developers have gone so far as to generate “fake images, usually simulating the voice and appearance of other people.”

Deepfakers now flood the Internet, especially through social networks, generating false content and distortion among users.

The images that are created with AI tools appear to be real. Initially, only developers had access to these features; however, image and video manipulation is now accessible to anyone through open source “voice cloning and lip synchronization” programs.

The video creation platform Kapwing points out that “voice cloning takes a person’s voice as an example from a short audio sample, between 10 and 15 seconds long.” It analyzes the sample and “applies the vocal characteristics to an underlying model capable of generating voice from text.”

In the case of AI for data synchronization, this technology “matches the lips of the images of the person being imitated with the sounds produced in the audio file.” The process to create an AI twin can take just ten seconds of initial footage.

Various investigations address the risks of deepfakes in terms of “identity theft or the spread of fake news.”

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