A new research study reveals that broad availability of AI-generated adult content may have led to sharp increases in sexual criminality. An analysis of detailed crime data released by Japan's National Police Agency found that in periods of peak engagement with material tagged as AI-generated and adults-only, there were statistically significant increases in rape. This may point to looming reputational and legal risk for companies providing tools and venues for such content. The online revolution enabled frictionless access to virtually every type of content ' including adult content. Generative AI has added a whole new, and potentially more dangerous, dimension to the boom in explicit content. In the absence of strong safeguards, AI users can transition from consumers to creators of their own explicit media with shocking ease and speed. National governments around the world as well as the U.N. have issued grave warnings about wide-scale production of AI-generated illegal deepfakes,...
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