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WHAT do we do with a 16-year-old teen who used AI-assisted deepfake technology to allegedly generate lewd pictures of his classmates that he sold online?

It isn’t just a case of juvenile delinquency; it’s a stark illustration of the urgent need for Malaysia to confront the threat posed by deepfake technology that allows anyone with basic digital skills and access to the Internet to create content that can be used to harass and blackmail people, to manipulate identities, to create very convincing misinformation that could easily stoke negative emotions, not to mention commit all sorts of financial crimes.

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