AI SAFETY AND SECURITY
While generative AI provides many positive opportunities for schools, it is irresponsible to ignore the safety and security concerns. This section focuses on some of the major issues that could impact schools – including deepfakes, data exploitation, and tool misuse.
The Dirt on Deepfakes
A deepfake is an image, video, or audio that was altered and manipulated by an AI tool. They often show a person doing something or saying something that they did not actually say or do in real life. Recent advances in AI technology has made this process easy and readily available to everyone. This offers scammers and political activists with powerful tools to exploit unsuspecting individuals or manipulate and/or damage the public reputation of a person or group. Why do they work? Deepfakes are created to “stoke” emotions and encourage people to share. One share on social media turns into several shares from recipients, then hundreds, then thousands, and on and on and on…
56% of Americans who encounter a deepfake on social media don’t realize that what they're looking at isn’t real. Source: Utah Valley University, 2024
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