AI-generated death threats are alarmingly realistic, Australian activist warns

Australian activist Caitlin Roper has revealed that artificial intelligence is now being deployed to make very realistic threats and violent abuse online. According to Roper, despite years of working on the internet as an activist, she found herself traumatized by the recent spate of AI-fueled threats she has received. Digitally generated threats have been possible for the last few years, and until recently, artificial intelligence models could not replicate real people unless they had a huge presence online. According to an expert, models now need just a profile picture to create anything users want. In 2023, a judge in Florida was sent a video, which was made using a customization tool in the Grand Theft Auto video game. The video featured an avatar that looked and walked like the judge being hacked to death. Australian activist calls for caution over the use of artificial intelligence According to Roper, some of...

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