By Allie Hunter Photo source: https://culturacolectiva.com/en/history/adam-raine-chatgpt-incident/ A heartbreaking lawsuit filed this week alleges that a teen built a deep, daily relationship with an AI chatbot (ChatGPT) that gradually validated his darkest thoughts. His parents say the AI didn’t just fail to help, it encouraged harmful ideas, offered to draft a [...]
The FBI has seen an alarming increase in the number of cases involving children and teens being threatened and coerced into sending explicit images online—a crime called sextortion. Parents and teachers should be aware that teenage boys have been the most common targets in these recent cases. The National [...]
If you are asking yourself, HOW can I protect my children or my students from the risks of AI, good! Savvy Cyber Kids wants you to be involved in your children’s lives, but especially how they use technology as their brains develop. Did you know there is a booming, [...]
When you read about AI, it’s not hard to notice that there are more questions than data, and by a long shot. We, as a society, have not had the opportunity to fully consider the impact of AI that has crept into all aspects of living. We are especially [...]
Sextortion is a type of child sexual exploitation where minors are blackmailed with the threat of public sharing of nude or sexual images of them by a person who demands more images, sexual activity or money from the child. This can happen when a child has shared an image [...]
Childhood development experts understand that children develop their central social and political opinions during their formative years. This means that the online worlds our kids play in are having a huge role in our children’s future lives. Like the adage, "you are what you eat," our children are in [...]
Most teens get their news as visual sources of information like videos and images from social media sites and YouTube. This means that social media, personalized news feeds and algorithms – the same tools that prioritize sensational content and play big roles in spreading misinformation and disinformation, are actually [...]
By Allie Hunter, Mothers Against Cyber Crime Sending intimate images is a common part of modern relationships for some, but it comes with risks. Despite new technology claiming to make sharing nudes safer, no app can truly protect you from the dangers of image-based abuse. Linq, a new app designed [...]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ability of a computer to learn so that it can perform tasks that are typically done by people. AI is already deeply integrated into our modern lives. You interact with it every day, using voice assistants on smartphones, receiving personalized recommendations on streaming platforms, [...]
FACT: Our kids are susceptible to being victims of sextortion. This dangerous crime happens when young people accept requests to send revealing pictures or videos; then they are bribed because of the pictures/videos. Kids get to know criminals over time, believing that they are communicating with someone their own [...]
