DeepfakeHigh
FBI Reported Surge of Extortion Cases of AI Media Featuring Sexual Explicit Activities
- Occurred
- Apr 1, 2023
- Published
- Jun 5, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
The FBI reported an increase in sextortion cases featuring the use of fake, including AI-generated, images or videos created from content posted on their social media sites or web postings, provided to the malicious actor upon request, or captured during video chats.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- Blackmailers
- Sextortionists
- Scammers
Harmed parties
- Victims of sextortion
- Teenagers targeted in sextortion scams
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: FBI reports surge in sextortion using AI-generated explicit media, indicating significant harm and criminal activity.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8