A mother and her 14-year-old daughter are advocating for better protections for victims after AI-generated nude images of the teen and other female classmates were circulated at a high school in New Jersey.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, officials are investigating an incident involving a teenage boy who allegedly used artificial intelligence to create and distribute similar images of other students – also teen girls - that attend a high school in suburban Seattle, Washington.
The disturbing cases have put a spotlight yet again on explicit AI-generated material that overwhelmingly harms women and children and is booming online at an unprecedented rate. According to an analysis by independent researcher Genevieve Oh that was shared with The Associated Press, more than 143,000 new deepfake videos were posted online this year, which surpasses every other year combined.
You’re using DARE as a positive example‽ the DARE program is widely considered to be an enormous failure. Here’s a decent rundown:
https://www.talkitoutnc.org/dare-program-effectiveness/#:~:text=program failed to live up,rate of teen drug use.
(But if you just search it up you’ll find hundreds of similar articles)
I was in school when the DARE program was quite strongly promoted and I specifically remember being fed endless misinformation about drugs. It was never about educating children it was about trying to scare them with bullshit.
“If they were wrong about marijuana being addicting they’re probably wrong about everything else…”
…aaaaand that’s how young people ended up trying all sorts of new things.