Are our children ready for the AI revolution?


THE disturbing news from a Malaysian school, where a student allegedly used artificial intelligence (AI) to create and distribute explicit deepfakes of schoolmates, is a stark wake-up call.

While shocking, this incident is sadly not isolated. Reports from South Korea showed that deepfake-related digital sex crimes more than tripled last year, overwhelmingly targeting young people.

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