InvestigateTV: How crimes using AI open new risks for children

(InvestigateTV) — Artificial intelligence can be a helpful tool, but it can also open children up to the risk of artificial exploitation. We looked into a case in Mississippi, what parents can do to protect their children and how law enforcement is working to adapt to emerging threats.
Then, we head to the Chandeleur Islands in Louisiana, where the discovery of nests for highly endangered turtles has led to a restoration project to protect their nesting ground.
Next, InvestigateTV+ looks into cybersecurity and how zero-trust could be a protection against cyber threats.
After that, we head to Vermont where we meet a competitive skier, pilot and professional polo player who is also the only logger serving in the state legislature.
Use of AI to create explicit content opens new risks for children
New technology like artificial intelligence presents opportunities, but also the threat of new kinds of crime.
In the town of Corinth, Mississippi, a teacher was accused of using AI to create explicit videos of female students between 14 and 16 years old, according to police. The videos were deepfakes.
Experts say artificial exploitation is a new problem for parents, children and for lawmakers as well.
Learn more about the issue, what parents can do and how law enforcement is trying to tackle the problem.
Nests for babies of endangered sea turtles found in remote Louisiana islands
Biologists found the highly endangered Kemp’s ridley turtle – the smallest sea turtle in the world – using the remote Chandeleur Islands in Louisiana as a nesting spot.
The island chain, part of America’s second oldest national wildlife refuge, has lost 90 percent of their land mass, including many of the dunes that make for good nesting grounds.
Now, millions of dollars from the court settlements related to the 2010 Gulf oil spill are being used for a restoration plan for 13 miles of the remote island chain to allow for nesting for the turtles and their newborns.
Learn more about the turtle baby boom and efforts to protect them.
Zero-trust approach offers defense against rising cyberattacks
Ransomware is a growing threat, and an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University said adopting a “zero-trust” mindset could be a solution.
Zero-trust is a cybersecurity approach that assumes no user or device should be trusted by default.
We look into zero-trust and what you need to know.
Vermont logger also serves as polo umpire and state legislator
Jed Lipsky has been a professional logger in Vermont for 55 years, where he takes down pine trees.
When he is not working in what he said is considered “the most dangerous profession in North America,” he is serving as the sole umpire for the Sugarbush Polo Club championship and also representing Stowe in the Vermont statehouse.
See his story.