Today’s online world has led to an epidemic of victimization of children. Offenders can locate, groom, and victimize children through numerous apps. Now, with artificial intelligence (AI), offenders can create AI versions of children, manipulate photos of children, and create child sexual abuse material. They can use AI at scale to machine learn victim behavior and utilize that technology to groom at scale. This presentation will highlight current trends and dangers that artificial intelligence poses to victims and the threat to society we now face. It will cover how machine learning can mimic children’s social media accounts to use their own information against them. The presenter will go over the open web and how a simple photo at a school event can be used to exploit children. Attendees will better understand the how AI is employed by how offenders exploit children for online child exploitation and trafficking. They will also learn some safe tips to protect their own social media platforms.
Trigger Warning: This presentation contains information (written, spoken, or visual) that may be triggering or (re)traumatizing to attendees.
John Pizzuro is the CEO of Raven, a 501(c)(4) non-profit advocacy organization. He is a subject matter expert and has testified in both the U.S. Senate and Congress. John routinely consults on child exploitation, trafficking, and artificial intelligence. John spent his last six years as The Internet Crimes Against Children Commander.