“It’s not actually you”: Teens cope while adults debate harms of fake nudes

Roberta Duffield, the director of intelligence for Blackbird.AI—which makes deepfake detection tools—told Ars that currently, “deepfake nudes targeting kids (and adults) represent one of the most insidious and wide-reaching harms of AI.”

And especially for young people “still forming their identities,” the “psychological, reputational, and social consequences can be severe and long-lasting,” Duffield said. She agreed with Stroebel that a multi-pronged approach to the problem is urgently needed, not just involving schools and parents, but also lawmakers and tech companies.

“Protecting kids from AI-generated sexual material should be at the forefront of content moderation policies of social media platforms and in the legislative offices of policymakers,” Duffield said.

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