Artifical intelligence-generated “deepfakes” are fueling sextortion scams like dried up brush in an out-of-control wildfire.
The number of nationally reported sextortion cases increased 322% between February 2022 and February 2023, according to the FBI, which said last week there’s been a significant uptick since April because of AI-doctored images.
Innocent pictures or videos uploaded to social media or sent in messages can be twisted into sexually explicit, AI-generated images that are “true-to-life” and nearly impossible to discern, the FBI said.